Freddie just wanted to be in the hospital!

27/12/2008 by Arielle.

It was thankfully not a very busy day at work today - in between Christmas and New Year. I did however have a proportionately high number of dogs in today that needed bandages changed on their legs or paws from cuts from being out on a walk.I think there were 3 different dogs that needed bandage changes but 1 dog needed his bandage changed 3 times in one day!

Freddie is a gorgeous large happy Golden Labrador. He had cut his pad while out having a swim in the river last week. The nurses remembered him well as he came in dripping with smelly river water and wagged it all over them as they bandaged his foot.

It needed redressing. I put a new red bandage on round the back with the nurses and by the time I returned Freddie to his owner, he had licked it so much. The owner requested that I redo it as it looked tighter and less comfortable than the original bandage. I obliged as Freddie is so easy and he was thrilled to go back round to the hospital and sniff out the cats!

My final appointment of the evening was Freddie yet again. He had been home, pulled his ‘more comfortable’ bandage off and opened up the flap of skin on his pad. He was thrilled to be back and dragged me round the back for yet another bandage change. He knew exactly where he was going and pushed the hospital door open with his head and jumped on the table to have his bandage changed. This time he went home with a big collar for round his neck so that he left his bandage alone!

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