Don't feel so bright

[lizblackdog]

Squish is hurt, or something. We were out walking, both dogs saw a cat in someone's window and leapt at the window to scare it (I'd have stopped them if I'd seen the cat first, but I didn't). There was a kerfuffle under the windowsill and Squish started crying.

You can imagine just how good Squish is at being piteous when he needs to be. Think of all the heartbreak and pain and sorrow in the world, and funnel it through a dog with a naturally sorrowful face, a flair for drama and the voice of a diva - I'm 90% sure it's just that I trod on his foot in the kerfuffle, but he had me near tears all the same.

I offered him sausage and instead of hoovering it up he sniffed it sorrowfully and then ate each piece slowly, with the air of not wanting to disappoint me. He climbed the stairs slowly - not limping exactly, but moving carefully. I've checked every inch of him and I can't see anything wrong. He looks comfortable enough now, but I'm still a bit worried.

Comments

[myrystyr.livejournal.com]

*hugs* hope its only his academy awards nomination

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I just went and snuggled him and he's looking a lot happier, so I'm thinking so, yes. Still going to watch him like a hawk all day though. Damn dogs, making us love them and worry.

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

Hopefully he's just being overly dramatic to make you feel bad and there's nothing really wrong. Give him kisses for me and tell him to feel better soon.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Yeah - big fusses over nothing are a Squish specialty. It makes it hard to tell if anything's really wrong, but I'm increasingly certain he's being a drama queen. He seems over it now.

(But I kissed him anyway. He's so very kissable!)

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

Drama queen dogs are fun.

Hooray for kisses for Squish!

[pgh-anarchist.livejournal.com]

I vote for the diva act, and don't think he's seriously hurt. He knows you feel bad and is going to milk it for every bit it's worth. Misty is the same way. My God, nail trims, you'd think I was beating the shit out of her with the yelping, crying and screaming going on.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

You should have heard him, the one time he had to spend the night at the vet's to have a complicated barbed-wire tear stitched up under anaesthetic. I could hear him yowling from inside the building as we drove away, I could hear him over the phone when I called the next morning to see how he was, and when we got there to pick him up I could hear him before I opened the car door - he didn't stop till I was holding his leash.

And yet the vet nurses still all fell in love with him. But if it ever happens again I'm going to leave six sets of earplugs along with him. That dog's voice couls shatter glass!

[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

I hate it when the pet people might be hurt. I mean, it's the most piteous thing on earth.

They know this, which is the skeery part.

When Gabriel was a tiny little baby puppy he got trodden on by the roomie who is not a small man. Gabriel played off his "I am wounded and perhaps shall not heal" bit so effectively that I snatched him up and took him to the vet.

I mean, he played "I got a hurt" all the way to the vet's. It's just that when we got there and I put him down to pee he saw another puppy and lo, a miraculous healing ensued.

He wasn't at all ashamed. He had his puppy grin on every time I said to him "You're not funny, you know."

Sigh. All you can do sometimes is watch and wait to see if they really are hurt.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I once told someone that Squish was a Slytherin and Spike a Gryffindor, and she said "oh no, Squishy's too nice!" She didn't get that I wasn't calling him evil, just cunning and rather manipulative.

Spike never makes a fuss even if he's quite badly hurt. You understand, I'm not saying "Spike good, Squish bad" - just that Spike is straightforward and Squish is not.

I'm pretty sure he was just making a huge guilt-inducing, sausage-provoking big deal out of having his toesies stepped on.

Beep Gabriel for me!

[baranduyn.livejournal.com]

Beep Gabriel for me!

He's all full of himself these days. He had his trip to the grooming parlor Saturday. They took him in the back for a bath (separated from the woman without Hunter there, oh noez) so he needed many reassurance beeps until he got home and got to show off his very own bandanna and cottony-soft fur to Hunter.

I guess he is Slytherin...he lies to Hunter all the time. I suspect Hunter is Hufflepuff. Sigh.

[takethislife.livejournal.com]

Awww poor little diva-Squishy. *hands him a meatball*

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

YAYYY MEATBALL!!!!

Kiss that Gibson girl for me :)

[wirenth.livejournal.com]

poor squishy! i hope he's not too broken.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

We've been for another walk since, and he seems fine, apart from a slight slowness walking up the stairs - like maybe possibly something hurts him just a tiny bit, but only going upstairs. He might have wrenched or banged his shoulder a weeny bit, I dunno.

he's tailwaggy again though so it's not anything big. thank you :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_huggle/]

He propably twisted his paw when he landed after jumping up to that cat. That's painful but normally it heals within 2 days.
Or - if he is that smart - it could be a case of "if I can't have the cat, I want at least to be comforted and fuzzed about"

Anyway, I'm glad that he's well again :)

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Sounds more like a drama-attack than anything else to me. Tink has them when coming out of anesthesia: "O Woe Is Me! WOE! I cannot possibly leave this snuggly pile of blankets and heating pad Dr. J has made for me! For I am WOEFUL!" Last time she had surgery, she got carried on a stretcher out to the car. When we set the stretcher down to pick her up and put her in back, she stood up and hopped in. *facepalm*

Beowulf goes all dramatic about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Ear cleaning? WOE! OUCHIE WOE! Crying ensues. Trimming nails with clippers rather than a dremel? MORE WOE! WOE WOE WOE! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO CUT MY TOES OFF?!

I tested him once and clipped the air just beyond the nail, simultaneously gently tapping the nail with the clippers. WOE OMG WOE WOE MY TOE IS MISSING. The dog LIMPED on that paw for an hour. I mean, really.

As long as sausages are not being actively refused I wouldn't worry too hard. And I see from the comments he's cheery and tail waggy again after snugglins, so it was probably just trying to cadge an extra sausage or two.

[jennie-c-d.livejournal.com]

Did I ever tell you that Squish is the best name ever for a drama whore like yours? I love that name...

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

it's a really good name to call out loud, too - SquishyshishysquishySQUISHY!!!

[jennie-c-d.livejournal.com]

Nothing beats "TEENIE WEEEEEEEENIE" out the back door at midnight.