Yesterday morning, my dog got into a little scuffle with my girlfriend’s dog. They usually get along great, but they were a bit more aggressive this time. Toby (my dog) was clearly rattled, he even did a little submissive urination, which is uncharacteristic for him. He stayed right next to me while I was getting ready until I left for work, that’s normal, but he was still acting a little sheepish.
It wasn’t until several hours later at work did I notice a little splotch of blood on my shirt. “Huh, that’s weird - I’m not bleeding…” I then decided I was going to go home for lunch, just to check on Toby. Sure enough - he had a puncture on his ear. I cleaned it up, and decided to not take any chances and take him in to the vet. (Nothing major - they scrubbed it really clean, and gave me some antibiotics to fend off infection.)
My coworkers are flabbergasted that I figured this all out from a tiny drop of blood, to the point that I had to actually show them my vet visit receipt to prove it.
Anyone else had a recent “there’s no earthly reason you should have come to the correct conclusion with so little evidence” moment?
(Toby’s fine. He’s pretty oblivious to pain. He is, however, incredibly annoyed by gelcaps, and has developed a healthy suspicion of balls of peanut butter.)
