Yesterday evening at about 5pm the kids accidentally left the door open and both our dogs got out. Spyke has done this before and he comes back on his own, however we have only had Benji 5 weeks now and he dosn't know the surrounding area very well at all. Spyke came back about 6.30 but Benji was still out and about. Despite looking all over for him and calling him he still didn't return and I had to admit to myself that he wasn't going to be back until at least this morning.
Morning came and I got a phone call about 9.15 to say that Benji had been found but he had been hit by 2 cars. They mustn't have been travelling very fast as he was able to walk away. When I picked him up the people that had found him showed me a nasty wound on his leg.
I took him to the vet who kept him in as he needed to x-ray the leg and take blood tests to check his internal organs. The wound on his leg hasn't gone through to the bone so he only needs a general corse of antibiotics and all his internal organs are fine but his kidneys are a little bruised. He is feeling sorry for himself and he can't go on walks until his wounds heal so that will cheese him off a bit. He has a bandage on his foot to protect the wound and we have a bottle of pain killers for him.
At least he is now home safe and warm, poor thing it was awful weather here last night, really windy and raining quite heavily. I cried most of the night last night and my eldest, who is 8 years old, heard me crying which upset her which in turn upset me.
Anyway he is home now and believe me there is no way i am letting him out of my sight.
Morning came and I got a phone call about 9.15 to say that Benji had been found but he had been hit by 2 cars. They mustn't have been travelling very fast as he was able to walk away. When I picked him up the people that had found him showed me a nasty wound on his leg.
I took him to the vet who kept him in as he needed to x-ray the leg and take blood tests to check his internal organs. The wound on his leg hasn't gone through to the bone so he only needs a general corse of antibiotics and all his internal organs are fine but his kidneys are a little bruised. He is feeling sorry for himself and he can't go on walks until his wounds heal so that will cheese him off a bit. He has a bandage on his foot to protect the wound and we have a bottle of pain killers for him.
At least he is now home safe and warm, poor thing it was awful weather here last night, really windy and raining quite heavily. I cried most of the night last night and my eldest, who is 8 years old, heard me crying which upset her which in turn upset me.
Anyway he is home now and believe me there is no way i am letting him out of my sight.