She made up her mind to give her tail a little nibble on Thursday night after her required jab on Wednesday. What came from the nibble was a patch of fur gone from her tail and a red and swollen tip. It actually looks like there was some sort of growth but thank God it wasn't.
Made a frantic call to our friend who is a vet and he asks us to apply calamine lotion, which will help soothe the itch. It did stop the redness but the swelling was still there and we couldn't really apply the lotion properly the next day as the fur was clumped up.
Decided to bring her to the grooming school that I'm now training at to get my teacher to help trim the fur on her tail. No tools yet since I'm still on a theory based learning stage at the moment. She did a great job of it. But embarrassing part of it was, she decided to cham cha and give a little extra "something" to my teacher for helping her trim her tail and also a dose of antiseptic spray on the tail. Which basically means that pee and poop on the grooming table. Probably thinks that, "Fine. Make me suffer I'll give you more work to do". She's a fiesty and dominant little puppy. Translated into "spoilt puppy" my teacher said. Hahaha! We had to get the e-collar for her so that she doesn't turn around and bite her tail and aggravate it further. She practically hates the collar. When she came back, she gave us this mournful look.
Well, time to MAKE time to train her better. She's much better today like her mistress. Getting used to the e-collar and being her usual naughty self again. Hopefully there won't be anymore incidences like this.
6 comments:
She's one naughty little bugger.. Hm.. Guess have to start the rotan theory.. heheh..
Yea. Maybe need to do that.
rotan doesn't work. just need to give a firm slap on the nossle (only when you caught her in the act) or train her to fear loud caning sound...:)
sigh... i wish i have a dog too... and do all these training...
mmm dog training seems like something very hard hor
myop101: Hahah!! Yes. A firm slap works if she has a good memory to remember. We've tried soft handling, canning and even scaring her with the cane sound. Doesn't seem to work. Time to enroll her in an obedience class soon.
Zewt: Don't wish my dear. Just get one. But be prepared for a chunk of your free time gone as you've gotta play with your puppy. If not he or she will feel unloved.
Alvin Lim: Yes. It is hard and require a lot of patience which I'm beginning to learn. Hehe!
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