I'm not even sure what happened and am feeling so horribly guilty, this has never happened before!!! I've spent the day caring for my friend's ailing dad, normally my dogs are crated when I leave, but I knew I'd be gone 10 + hrs, and hated for them to be locked up that long, so I locked up my cats and left the doggy door open with most of the dogs gated into the kitchen so they could come inside if they wanted, and go out the dog door if they needed to potty. I'll NEVER do that again
I'm not sure what happened - But one of my house guest Yorkies, Moose, apparently tried to dig under my gate - My yard is double gated and the 2nd gate has cement under it, so there's no danger of them actually getting out, but he did get under the firs and really tore his belly and back end up bad doing it
I took him to the vet as soon as I got home and saw how bad he was injured - Have him home for the night on an IV, but he'll need to go back tomorrow for more IV fluids and antibiotics, I feel so horrible! His dad is a disabled veteran and recovering from a massive heart attack, which is why I have his dogs. He has very little money, and with some huge specialist vet bills on 2 of my cats and 1 of my dogs in the last month, my vet bill fund is dry, I don't have enough to cover his bill as well, and don't know what to do! Any advice on what to do? My vet is trying to keep things as reasonable as she can - But of course this kind of care is expensive, and we won't know until we see how he responds how long we'll need to keep him on IV fluids and antibiotics - and we may need to do surgery to close up some of this, but right now the swelling is to bad and we want to leave the wounds open for at least a few days so it can drain and get most of the infection out on it's own. I'm just sick that I allowed this to happen
Especially when I know this has got to be really painful - And when the vet handed him back to go home for the night, instead of crying or nipping like most dogs was, he just looked at me and started kissing my face, he's such a good boy!