Never, and I repeat, Never under-estimate the power of a Miniature
Dachshund who weighs 8lbs, max.
Mariah, our Mini Doxie, attacked our doeling, Meggie
(named thus after the book and movie "The Thorn Birds," and left some puncture wounds.
Not expecting such a small dog to do much damage, we cleaned them on the surface and
began injections of Pen G. I realized that was not doing the trick, so I contact our fantastic vet, Chad Brown, and we got Excenel, but that also failed to help.
We moved onto Gentocin, the strongest antibiotic she can have, and it still failed
to really help.
Today, we took Meggie in for surgery to remove the necrotic tissue and clean the wound
while she was under anesthesia. It looks a great deal better, and we have a good prognosis.
Unfortunately, we did not feel comfortable with the risk of Mariah, our beloved little dog, getting out and doing such harm again, so we will have to work on safely placing her.
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