I'm sharing this here Connie - because what happened to Maddie could have been much worse....You mentioned Dog Parks - so I want to post this here....and let you know that what happened may have been gross at the time - but BE thankful it wasn't something worse..
My friend Jamie and I meet at a Dog Park here in Houston - My girls - and her little Katie.... are such mommies girls they hardly walk around - But....Her 6 year old Gracie just strolls ALL OVER the park - She's a hoot - just walks around enjoying herself - no leash - nothing - she's such a good girl -
They don't really know if this happened at the dog park - but it probably did
Gracie started biting and biting her foot - they went to the vet - the vet gave them antibiotics - and
weeks of treatment - the foot didn't get better - It ended up like RAW Hamburger -
So MORE vet visits & BIG BUCKS later - after skin scrapings and all sorts of tests and medications ...My frienbd even had to give her injections at home - - they finally diagnosed her with under the skin mites....and they still wouldn't go away -
I talked her into MY vet who I think is great - and they got her on track and her foot finally started healing - but this took like 3-4 MONTHS....The vets she was going to tried their best but man - Mites are hard to get rid of and her little foot was a mess ...Actually they were even saying she could lose her foot
And my Friend is one of THE BEST Yorkie moms I know - She lives for her 2 girls and they get the best vet care and love and attention -this foot was a FLUKE .....Just like what happened to Mahvelous Maddie
A FLUKE !!!