King Louie

Bit of a scare this morning!

Louie and I had a bit of a scare this morning -- I was taking him outside to go potty, and he was filled with wriggly excitement about getting outside. Since he's too small to work the stairs yet, I have to carry him down the porch. After the bottom step, I was setting him down on the walk when he wriggled out of my grasp! Luckily he was only about 8 inches up, but unluckily he landed on his face on the pavement.

He immediately cried in pain, which broke my heart and had me in a panic. I held him, then placed him on my back in my lap, made sure he was calmer, then inspected everything I could. I was sure he'd have chipped a tooth or cut his lip, hopefully nothing worse... but I couldn't see anything wrong. I could touch his muzzle without any reaction from him, and he seemed able to bite normally.

He was a bit shaken up for a while, but soon returned to his normal puppy self. At the end of the day, I gave him another little inspection, and the only strange thing I could see was a bright red vessel in the white of his left eye. I'll have to keep an eye on that.