Fairies wear boots
After my last post, I had to send Janice (who, by the way, was my wonderful roomie at SAFF) some email hugs. If it weren’t for her leaving a comment on fixing the broken piece myself, I would have ordered and waited on new ones. Thanks to her and Home Depot, the harness is now tied up with some non-stretchy nylon cord and I was back in business. Yay! After I got it tied back up, I found some warp threads that seemed loose so I tried to fix them. Two broke. I ended up cutting the warp off and tossing it in the trash. While that may make some people gasp in horror, I’ll remind you that this was a $4 cone of yarn and I still have 95% of that cone left. I think it’s going to be better off as a knitting yarn.
Ever since we moved here, (see that? since.we.moved.here.) Bella has been licking her feet. The first time we took her to the vet, there were some things stuck in her foot. We figured she picked them up somewhere on the road trip across country. Now, it’s a daily thing. She licks so much that she makes her foot raw. She has licked the hair off her thighs. She looks like she has mange. We’ve taken her to the vet 3 times, once to one vet and twice to another, and neither can find anything in the paws. The once $$$ vet did a scraping (no mites), said she didn’t know why she was licking, and maybe put a sock on her. The $ vet gave her a shot both times, which stops the licking for a little bit, and said it’s most likely allergies. Again, today, she can’t put her foot on the ground because she is licking the pads right off her frickin’ feet. I’ve soaked her back feet in epsom salt water (she hates me for that but it seems to help, or maybe that’s just in my head) and now she has socks on.
Let’s take a closer look at those socks, shall we? Of course!
I am So. Mean. 
I know she’s a dog and not a fairy but I keep wanting to sing that sock song when I look at her.
November 10th, 2007 at 10:22 am
You put cat socks on Bella?! No wonder the poor girl is lying on the floor with her head down. I’ll be on the lookout for dog socks for her.
November 10th, 2007 at 11:15 am
My cat did the same thing except it was on her back, right at the base of her tail. I started putting flea medication on her once a month and it stopped the problem. My vet said she was probably allergic to something in the environment and the flea stuff controlled the itching. Hope it helps!
November 10th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Since I’m waay more of a cat person than a dog person.. I think the kitten socks on a dog are hysterical. I’d jokingly call you ‘cruel’ but I’m too busy giggling..
Sorry that the pup has allergies… I wonder if it could be something in the carpets?
November 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Poor Bella! First suffering through the itches, now suffering through indignity
November 10th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I’m not sure if you’re in GA or not (I think that’s where you moved to, right?) but, we have a pug with the worst allergies ever and the 2 vets we took her to didn’t have a clue what to do because what they had tried didn’t work. Wanted us to spend lots of money to have allergy testing done to find out exactly what it was she was allergic to. Not going to do that, so she gets a bath once a week and lots of bag balm rubbed into whatever sores she makes. If you figure it out, let me know.
Good luck, and love the kitty socks on the poor pup!
Sheri in (Southeast) GA
November 10th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Poor Bella! I hope her feet get better soon. Love the socks though.
November 15th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Our Dobie used to do that. She was especially bad after walking through the pasture and getting the dust and grass pollens on her feet. We finally had to put a cone on her head and let her heal. Once she healed she was okay for a while. The cone was a constant thing around here. That was the only thing that helped. (she would pull off her socks when nobody was looking and lick away)