Our Bullies and the Drama!
I am a VERY bad blogger! I am sorry! I know that I promised all of you pictures of our two Bullies but we had a minor crisis over the weekend involving our 2 1/2 year old Bulldog, Buerly.
On Sunday we decided to give both boys a quick nail trim. Rooney is VERY easy since he has clear nails. (Side note - if you don't have dogs or never have trimmed their nails you have to be VERY careful to not hit the quick. If you don't trim their nails often enough the quick grows out but the more you trim them the more the quick will recede.) That being said, Buerly has black nails so it can be very difficult to trim his nails. You are pretty much playing a guessing game as to where the quick is.
Well ladies and gentlemen, we cut the quick really, really badly! He was bleeding everywhere, including the carpet, so we spent all day Sunday trying to get him to calm down because he gets so worked up that his blood pressure goes through the roof causing him to bleed even worse. We felt soooooo bad!!!! We had his foot bandaged up all day but it proved difficult to keep the wrap around his foot. Not to mention, he hobbled around with the bandages on. I tried my hardest not to laugh because I felt so bad for him but I couldn't help myself. His little brother, Rooney, checked on him a lot during the day to make sure that he was okay! What a good little brother!!!! So, I apologize for not posting pictures or posting wedding news but I think I had a pretty good excuse.
Here is our baby sleeping on the couch under a blanket with his bandaged foot
(or the "club" as we like to call it) sticking out from underneath the covers.
On Sunday we decided to give both boys a quick nail trim. Rooney is VERY easy since he has clear nails. (Side note - if you don't have dogs or never have trimmed their nails you have to be VERY careful to not hit the quick. If you don't trim their nails often enough the quick grows out but the more you trim them the more the quick will recede.) That being said, Buerly has black nails so it can be very difficult to trim his nails. You are pretty much playing a guessing game as to where the quick is.
Well ladies and gentlemen, we cut the quick really, really badly! He was bleeding everywhere, including the carpet, so we spent all day Sunday trying to get him to calm down because he gets so worked up that his blood pressure goes through the roof causing him to bleed even worse. We felt soooooo bad!!!! We had his foot bandaged up all day but it proved difficult to keep the wrap around his foot. Not to mention, he hobbled around with the bandages on. I tried my hardest not to laugh because I felt so bad for him but I couldn't help myself. His little brother, Rooney, checked on him a lot during the day to make sure that he was okay! What a good little brother!!!! So, I apologize for not posting pictures or posting wedding news but I think I had a pretty good excuse.
Here is our baby sleeping on the couch under a blanket with his bandaged foot(or the "club" as we like to call it) sticking out from underneath the covers.
Buerly is doing better today! He doesn't have the bandage around his paw and he hasn't bled anywhere (so far at least). So keep your fingers crossed!!!! Side note - we will not longer be trimming our dogs nails, we will let the vet be the bad guy from now on!!!
PS- if you ever get blood on the carpet use Hydrogen Peroxide to get the blood out!!!! It does not bleach your carpet and gets every bit out......miracle!!!!
PS- if you ever get blood on the carpet use Hydrogen Peroxide to get the blood out!!!! It does not bleach your carpet and gets every bit out......miracle!!!!
Comments
Sorry to hear about your little guy...I can testify that trimming nails is tough...I have to hold Minne while Candice trims them...But if you cut them to short use Baking Soda directly on the nail for a couple minutes and if will stop the bleeding..
LJ
You should really consider getting Pedi-Paws though too. It's only $20 and works wonders. Kira, who used to HATE having her nails touched, doesn't mind it at all. Plus you never make them bleed and can get them much shorter. It really is as good as they say it is on TV!