Dog Bite

I was in the middle of making dinner on Monday, October 28th when I heard our dog Maya start growling and then lunge at Hudson. Hudson had been trying to use Maya's fur to climb up and when Maya barked at him, her bark collar went off which startled her even more and she bit Hudson hard across the face. Hudson started screaming and at first I thought he was just scared but then I saw blood running down his face. I had no idea where the blood was coming from so I hurried to clean him up as best as I could. He has a mark right on the edge of his nose, one on the side of nose and a pretty deep gash on his cheek. It took us a while to calm him down and then I called Jason who was at an MSO board meeting and he rushed straight home. We took him to UNI Urgent Care but they felt he was too young to treat so we took him to After Hours Pediatrics. The doctor there wasn't comfortable stitching on the face since the mark on his cheek looked like it might need a stitch of two. We weren't up for spending several hours at the ER that night so the next day we took him to another Urgent Care facility where they prescribed him some oral antibiotics and cream to help prevent infection and said they really don't like to stitch dog bites since the risk of infection is so high. He may have a little scar on his cheek but being so young, hopefully he will heal well!

We also took our dog Maya to the vet and she was put on a 10-day quarantine to stay away from all human and animals which is quite challenging to do in our home. This is just a precaution to insure that she doesn't have rabies (pretty unlikely since she is mostly an indoor dog.) Maya doesn't understand why she can't be around others and is always trying to escape. Once the 10 days of quarantine are up, we need to make a decision about whether to put her to sleep. She is 16 years old, her hearing and eyes are failing and she has some pretty bad arthritis. She has been a really good dog for us for many years but the last few years she has gotten really grumpy and this latest incident was very scary for all of us. We have a pretty tough decision to make soon:(