Last week, Gizmo cracked one of his nails, and it was really deep. We noticed when there was blood on his paw and we had to figure out how it got there. As soon as we noticed, we cleaned him up a bit, and Tricia put some antibacterial stuff on his nail. However, we’ve really just had to deal with pain this week. He hasn’t been running around as much, and he’s walked with a limp, not wanting to put pressure on his paw
Because he hasn’t been walking as much, it’s been just me and Gadget on walks in the morning this week, and Gadget has totally loved the extra attention he gets. I think he feels “special” getting to be the only pug on the walk. In the mornings, he’s actually been getting up and wanting to go out, rather than staying in bed like he usually does. It’s really kinda cute that he likes going alone so much.
Anyway, Gizmo’s nail is healing well, and he actually did go on a walk this morning. It still looks kinda gross, and it probably will hurt when I try to trim his nail later, but I really don’t think there was much we could do for him. Well, besides keep it clean (which he does a good job of himself, actually) and try to keep his nails trimmed (in order to keep this from happening again).
Actually, if you want to trim your pug’s nails, I recommend a Dremel tool for the job. They even make a “pet” version of it. Dremel tools will give you a better looking end result than just a regular old nail clipper.
Also, here is a picture of Gadget and Martine, sleeping together. She really loves them, and they get excited to see her when we’ve been out. They totally think of her as one of the family, which we think is great. We’ve been really busy for the past few weeks, and it’s not going to let up anytime soon, but I really hope to get more pictures up. We keep taking them, and they continue to be cute. We just need to get the time to SHARE them!