Four toe nails and a spare

Yup,  Toby managed to injure his one front leg. The nail was pointing up and he was walking tenderly on Monday so we got him to the vet on Tuesday. All the yummy smells distracted him for a while not to mention he was quite the conversation starter. Everyone was oohing and aahing over his speedy recovery, his fancy harness, his hyper-waggy stub tail and his “dangler.”

We did warn the vet that he’s a bit wimpy and, sure enough, we heard the yelping from the back room as they gave him a sedative. When we got him back about 30 minutes later, he was wobbly (which did give us some not-so-wonderful flashbacks to the last time we picked him up from the pet hospital), but he was also sporting a pedicure on all his remaining toe nails and a fancy bandage-boot that even matched his harness. He looked like Santa pup. They had to snip off the entire nail and the pulp underneath, but he’s good as new.

We took off the bandage on Wednesday and he seemed curious to figure out what’s different, but at least there was no e-collar involved! Whew!

So in many ways, this has been a very special Thanksgiving because we do have so much to be thankful for – we got Toby about this time last year and I remember thinking that he completed our family, but this year we have a greater appreciation for those little things – especially squirrels. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!