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

I know most of you don't remember the story of Rusty, but he is such a big part of our lives......
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We live on over 30 acres and the big dogs are free to roam...as we live WAY out in the woods. Anyway, they had been in most of the day yesterday and then it started snowing really hard, so they wanted to go outside...they love the snow. Well, it was about 30 minutes later, they were scratching on the door to come in. Rusty (and the other two) were sooooo hyper (as always) licking, playing, wanting to "shake", etc. So, when I went to give them a treat, Rusty turned around and I saw this!!!! :eek:

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I know, I know....how did I miss that??!! :eek: I have no clue!!!

Anyway, we still do NOT know what caused it....he has been at the vets and we get to pick him up later this afternoon! --Maybe they will have some answers!

At first, I thought maybe it was a wild animal because we have tons of them around here...wild boars, moutain cats/lions, bears, or a dog...but then we thought if that was the case, the other two would have fought with it too and be hurt.

I thought maybe he got stuck in a fence?! I just don't know...anyway, he must have been in shock or something because he didn't act like it bothered him at all. It wasn't really deep...but looked like it was cut right under the skin/hair line! :eek:

We just have NO clue as to what could have done this!!

Poor little guy! Sorry for the graphic pictures.....

oh my!! I hope he's OK.. that doesn't look like anything an animal could do! Plus his face is all clean and the rest of his body.. maybe there was a piece of wire of something sticking out somewhere?

I'll check back later

He's gorgeous by the way!

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I have just been SICK all night and this morning waiting to hear from the vet....AND we are worried about what caused it!! --if it was an animal or person or what! :(

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Please keep Rusty in your thoughts and prayers today....for a speedy and hopefully painless recovery....and that all will be well w/ him! :xfingers:

i do , i do,, i rememeber the story of rusty, i hope that poor baby will
be ok... it looks like another animal attacked him... omg!!! give him hugs and
kisses from me and lexi.. i know mommy will take care of him..

oh my gosh!!! poor thing...i hope everything turns out alright for him..I wonder what could have done that to him??

OMG poor rusty. Hope he feels better soon. Poor baby. Maybe a piece of a fence or a piece of tree that had fallen. Those bastards can be sharp where they break off.

Thanks Edith! :wub:

That is what we were thinking..that if he had fought w/ something, he would be hurt all over...and the other dogs would too.

They rarely go by our road --which is a dead end gravel road w/ only a few houses past us. But there were two trucks that I know of that went by while they were outside...but I don't think he got ran over because he wasn't muddy or hurt anywhere else.

DH said it looked like something sharp like a big knife or blade but that would mean that someone would have had to do that :mad: or that he got under some farm equipment or something! :confused:

I just do NOT know!

AND it isn't that we don't watch our big dogs...we do...and they are spoiled rotten and pretty well behaved and pretty well trained....so I just don't know! :( I am hoping the vet might be able to help us figure out something.

I am just sickened! :cry8:

By the looks of it I would say fencing or a branch. If it were another animal the wound would be jagged.

Omg poor baby !!
personally that does not look like an animal did that
that was either a fence like you said or a person
its to perfect of a slice

i hope he feels better ! let us know what the dogter says

OH WOW!!! POOR RUSTY BABY!!!

It just LOOKS soo painful! Im glad hes at the vets now being all taken care of! I hope the vet can shed some light on what might have happened! Maybe you should check out the fence and see if you see blood or fur on it anywhere.

I hope Rusty gets extra treats for being such a good boy! :)

:wub: Thanks everyone :wub: We are just worried and confused as to what could have done that. I mean, the nearest house to us is Rustys previous owners..and although, they are whacko's, I know they couldn't do something to harm him....so I do not think it was caused by someone...or I hope not.
We have equipment and things around here, but they have never been hurt EVER before....although, just thinking...they love to "hunt"...moles, squirrels, rabbits, rats, etc....so maybe they are hunting and he got under something and got caught up in it or something :eek:

And you all know me...I get so freaked out about one of the dogs being hurt, so I made sure he went to the bathroom and it was all clear, I made sure he ate and would drink (that was good, didn't throw up) and watched his breathing (that was normal)...I mean, he didn't even act like anything was wrong. I bet this morning, he was pretty sore....I don't know what all the vet has done to him....oh the wait!! It is painful!!

OUCH! Kinda of looks like he snagged (:eek: :eek:) it on some wire or something!

Will/does he need stitches?

Oh Rusty, that looks so painful. I hope he has a speedy recovery poor guy. He is so handsome~

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)....:eek: I just don't know....it just hurts me to think of it!

Oh poor baby:cry: that looks painful:( I hope y'all can figure out what happened so that it won't happen again.

Healing thoughts to Rusty, the handsome dude:love:

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

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 !

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.

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

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

Well- let us know when you hear something!! :)

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:eek:
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,: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.:p

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Awww poor Rusty! :eek: That must hurt!