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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2007Purrs for Louie and his nervous wife
We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos with Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. Seems an exuberant teenage dog, barely out of puppydom, got antsy when Louie was picking up a stool and gave him a nip. A veterinary nurse (on staff; our Petsmart now has an onsite vet) and people nurse both said there was no puncture, the pink we saw was capillaries under the skin burst from a pinch, plus irritation from a loopy terrycloth-like inside of a thick sweatshirt. Louie said he got a good look at the dog and saw a current license which means updated shots. I of course am a nervous wreck and have no desire to be a $#@*! rabies widow; i waited too long for him, damn it. Purrs, please; i beg. For Louie and me both, even though Louie is way more confident than i and has been accusing me of getting off my course of meds... Blessed be, Baha > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the > photos with Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs for both of you, I'm sure Louie will be fine.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos > with [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs for your nerves. I've had my share of doggy nips, and I'm here to tell the story. Purrs a'coming for your nerves and for Louie, although from your description of the bite and the lack of puncture, Louie will be be okay. Our group did the Santa thing at Petsmart this weekend too, fortunately without any incidents other than beard rash! Christine (who can attest that the Santa gig in mall stores must be tough) > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos > with [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha >Our group did the Santa thing at Petsmart this weekend too, fortunately >without any incidents other than beard rash! >Christine (who can attest that the Santa gig in mall stores must be tough) I WAS a mall Santa once, eons ago, for beer money, and i sucked. I got fired before I could decide whether to get tastes great or less filling: the makeup and beard made me violently allergic, and the itching and scratching was deemed most UnSantaly. Blessed be, Baha > I of course am a nervous wreck and have no desire to be a $#@*! rabies widow; > i waited too long for him, damn it. Purrs, please; i beg. For Louie and me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs and gentle headbutts on the way for you and Louie. It sounds like he'll be all right. I'm surprised the vet nurse at PetSmart didn't verify the vaccine status of the dog before they let it leave the store. Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus As an update, I learned that the vet staff did verify the status, and Louie himself checked out a current rabies tag. Thanks, everyone...as many of you know, overreacting is one of the things I do best. Blessed be, Relieved Baha >Purrs and gentle headbutts on the way for you and Louie. It sounds >like he'll be all right. I'm surprised the vet nurse at PetSmart >didn't verify the vaccine status of the dog before they let it leave >the store. > >Julie, Hobbes, Lacey, Sam and Barnabus > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos with > Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs for your nerves and his health. And a wish that some stern older kitty gives that puppy a (fairly gentle) swipe across the nose for being such a naughty boy. D*gs are suppposed to DEFEND kitties and their humans, not to bite them. But puppies have to learn. Will in New Haven > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos > with [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > me > of getting off my course of meds... All the instances I've read about rabies in your area (*very* few) have been from bat bites - not a single one from a dog bite. Also, I think if someone cares enough about a pet dog to bring him to take a picture with Santa, they're going to care about keeping him healthy too. So purrs to calm you nerves, and purrs for Louie even though I don't think he'll need them. > Blessed be, > Baha >I of course am a nervous wreck and have no desire to be a $#@*! rabies widow; >i waited too long for him, damn it. Purrs, please; i beg. For Louie and me >both, even though Louie is way more confident than i and has been accusing me >of getting off my course of meds... Awww, don't worry; Louie's absolutely right to be confident. In the States, every year, there are only about one or two hoomin deaths from rabies, and in some years none at all. These are often from wild animal bites, never from a licensed puppy at PetSmart that doesn't even bite hard enough to puncture skin! Rabid animals are contagious only at the final stages of rabies when they're really sick, because before that, the virus is still only in the nerves, not the saliva. A rabid contagious animal wouldn't be playful and exuberant. I'm sure you'll have Louie for a long time. >> I of course am a nervous wreck and have no desire to be a $#@*! >> rabies widow > Awww, don't worry; Louie's absolutely right to be confident. In the > States, every year, there are only about one or two hoomin deaths from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > rabid contagious animal wouldn't be playful and exuberant. I'm sure > you'll have Louie for a long time. What he said. :) I couldn't have said it better. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos with > Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs from us too. There should be quick healing. Bettina PURRS IN ROUTE > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos > with [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos > with [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha He will be fine. There isn't a current outbreak of rabies in your area is there? Its unlikely the dog would be there without its shots. (It isn't even rabies season) Lots and lots of purrs for the nervous wife anyway. Jo > He will be fine. There isn't a current outbreak of rabies in your > area is there? Its unlikely the dog would be there without its shots. > (It isn't even rabies season) There's a rabies *season*? I had no idea. Joyce > Seems an exuberant teenage dog, barely out of puppydom, got antsy > when Louie was picking up a stool and gave him a nip. A veterinary [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > beg. For Louie and me both, even though Louie is way more confident > than i and has been accusing me of getting off my course of meds... Soothing purrs incoming. It doesn't sound like there's any risk of rabies. Medical staff tend to go overboard on this kind of thing, so if both a vet tech and a nurse said it wasn't a risk, it wasn't. They would never take the liability of saying that if there were any chance whatsoever of rabies transmission. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos with > Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Purrs for Louie's nip to be inconsequential and for Baha's nerves to calm themselves down. If the license and shots are current, there's very little to be concerned about (OK, English teachers: about which to be concerned). Sam > We do volunteering for Tenth Chance every year at Petsmart, the photos with > Santa thing, and one of the elves got bit. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Lots and lots of purrs, Polonca and Soncek
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