What a night...poor Rusty! (graphic)

[Peters]

i sthe vet goin to suture it closed? sometimes they will be left open to heal or wrapped to keep from chewing licking and they could give you a wound care product called caravet if they have it i hope your dog gets better and may need to be on antibiotics clavamox or possibly cephalixen<~~~however it's spelled

[RMKC]

oh gosh , poor Rusty, that looks awful, allmost looks like he got caught by fencing and he probebley tried to get loose and it ripped him, hope he mends soon , poor guy !

[Nikki+2]

Awww, poor Rusty! He's sounds like a tough guy though. He's got a great mama to nurse him so I bet he'll be as good as new in no time.

[scrappysmom]

OMG poor baby ,sending prayers for Rusty,I hope you can find out what happened.

[ryorkies]

Those pictures were so hard to look at and I can just imagine your anguish and pain... Big, BIG .... to you.

[BubblPopElectrc]

Originally Posted by Jenn218

I don't know yet Kyle....the vet hasn't called back yet....On Fridays, she usually comes in later....but she should be there by this time. I haven't heard from DH either....he gave them is number as the primary one on this matter - even though they have my cell and the house numbers too. - Rusty has become his buddy.....you should have seen him last night!

DH did walk most of the fences and the road looking for blood and fur...he didn't find anything......course, he had been snowing really really hard. It is nice today, so I might get out w/ my cell (if it will pick up in the woods) and walk around to see if I can see anything.

DH was thinking it had to be something sharp because it was a straight cut - not sliced down into his skin, but slice up his back under his hair. There is two places that are vertical cuts (where the hair is gone).... I just don't know....it just hurts me to think of it!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It looks like a very clean cut.

Well- let us know when you hear something!!

[ARCHIE]

Oh my heaven's Jenn. Poor poor Rusty! That looks so bad.
How was he not in pain? It looks as if someone just slit him open
It's too clean a cut to be an animal I would think.
Prayer's coming that Rusty heals and is not really in pain. I have no
idea how he's not.
Buddy and I are sending him a giant hug,

Yes, I remember his story. He has loved your family from the first
time he sat foot on your property and told you so by coming back
everyday.

[kay6688]

OMG Jenn! I sure hope Rusty gets well soon! It looks like a Fence Cut...We had one of our Labs almost neuter himself from a Barbed Wire Fence -we think- It looked like he tried to go over it and his undercarriage wasn't high enough....we couldn';t stop the bleeding (it was on a Sun.) so we took him to the emerg vet-the put him in surgery, and we took him home with the wonderful conehead...He did the same thing as Rusty, acted like it didn't hurt. Let us know how Rusty is doing!!! Hugs-Kay

[sherrijmkassie]

I am so sorry your rusty somehow got cut like that. Prayers he is okay and you are able to figure out what happened. It must be driving you crazy trying to figure it out so that it doesnt happen again.

[Trina]

Hope all turns out well for Rusty! He is a beautiful dog!
Will be anxious to hear how he's doing!

[ellie81]

omg poor thing!!!!!!! I hope he heals soon!!!!! He doesn't look in pain though that's good! I would die in pain if I get a cut like that!

[Tiggerwit]

oh Rusty. My heart hurts just looking at that. Poor baby. Big hugs for Rusty.

[Charlies Angel]

Aww my heart goes out to Rusty...have you heard anything? I hope everything is okay. Thats so sad

[tjdmom]

Awww poor Rusty! That must hurt!

[autumn star]

OMG..........poor Rusty. That looks like a chain link fence or something! It almost looks like someone could of done that to him. Its a pretty clean straight cut. If it was an animal I would imagine it would be more jaggered! I hope all goes well and let us know what the outcome is at the vet!