when dogs attack livestock. Livestock loosley meaning domestic animals that are kept in some kind of fenced area…some of those areas large, acres, so the animals have Freedom. A lot of dogs will enter those areas and CHASE. become bored and leave. Some come in an interest in catching. There is a deep primal thrill to taking down a running creature. Killing i don't think is their first intent. Eating rarely is. To pull it down. Disable it. it often goes to kill, stop movement. But that is almost beside their point. it's the initial thrill.
Vet came. She had hoped for better. A lot of the puncture wounds did heal. But these major ones…there was a lot of necrotic tissue that was not sloughing off. there was still infection. She put him under. completely then cleaned it of all she could, followed by deftly debriding. meticulously cutting necrotic tissue from the tendon that you can see in the second pic. There is simply a lot of his leg "missing"…from being bitten off. We will go back to the antibiotic injections. She'll come again in a week. Maybe need to repeat. The hope is that he will build new tissue to connect the tendon. But the muscle is gone. "He's a peg leg now". But she admired his spirit, his ability to get around as well as he does. Thinks he is a very fine Goat. She sees 5 animals a week like this. dogs. this area of N. Cal is very rural. Most people have livestock of some kind. Yesterday it was a Goat and it's horse. Both. They are living down at UC Davis now. For them it will be months. For Sunny, a month more or so to get as good as it's going to get. For the wounds to "seal". That's all we are hoping for now.
The animal control officer in charge of our case went on a two week vacation. When she returns we will go to Animal Court. The people with the dog do not want to bring the dog in. They want to pay vet bills. They say they promise it won't happen again. Even tho we are not the first time. We want the dog surrendered. which means put down. which means euthanized. if Tay, for as as much as she is ME, and i am HER, were to draw blood , it would be what i would have to do with/to her. There is just no choice. The only reason Sunny's wounds are primarily this leg is that they were seconds into the attack. They had just pulled him down when i came screaming and running. He was struggling, fighting, they would have continued to subdue him given a moment. Their faces, their mouths were full into his body.
just to say.
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