Doggie Regret...
For all you parents out there, I'm sure there were moments where you said deep down, "What was I thinking?" Tonight was my night. Pad came in with pink on her paws... I thought she'd scratched one of the other girls, maybe herself. I wasn't sure. She's dumb like that sometimes.
So as the responsible parent that I think that I am (but clearly am not as this story will go to show), I inspect them all for cuts and scrapes, find no apparently bleeders, clean her up a bit and let her go along on her merry way.
Tra la la, tra la laaa... Along her way she went. Straight to the large white rattling toy in the back yard. How sweet. She's so happy... I wish Lillie would play with things like ... wait. Rattling toy? Babe, when did we get Pad a rattling toy??
PAAAD!!! DROP IT!
Awww... crap. That rattling toy was definitely a 500 count bottle of ibuprofen with the lid off. Little red pills were scattered everywhere. Pad ran one way, Calli (Mike's dog) ran another, and Lillie looked at me like, "what Mom? We always eat stuff like that!" I thought I'd caught them right as the lid came off, so we kept them on close watch.
Watch, watch, watch, watch... Watch Pad walk ... wait ... why is she walking straight towards ... oh! That was a wall.
Awwwwwwww... double crap! So I called my emergency-pet-guru, Moose (thanks, Moose!), to get directions to the pet hospital, packed everyone in the car (after catching Cal puking her guts out around the corner), and off to the hospital we went.
So here we are, $1400 poorer and wiser with one puppy given a clean bill of health and two puppies in the hospital getting fluids and observation for the night.
Stupid dogs. Seriously? What was I thinking?
***Update***
So the cost ended up more in the $1200 range, even after an extra half day stay and more IV fluids at the regular vet, and while yes - I've looked into pet insurance several times, it's not nearly as cost effective or beneficial as people health insurance. The premiums are higher and the returns not nearly as great. But I'm looking again...
