Horrible Monday evening

I gave my poor mum a BIG scare last night.......

It all started at around 8:30 in the evening. Mum was on the computer reading all my cyber-buddies' blogs when all of a sudden, she heard BANG BANG BOOOOOOM coming from the yard. She ran down the stairs and into the yard where she saw a mama raccoon "in" the yard sniffing the grass, and three babies sitting on top of the fence, and THIS..........

Picture taken this morning

I was no where to be found in the yard, so mum called me. Thank doG I love my mum too much to ever take off on her, so I was already waiting for her around the house in front of the yard gate. Mum opened the gate and gasped at the sight of me. I was covered in blood from my muzzle down to my chest. Even though I didn't appear to be in pain and was still ready to protect mum from those nasty raccoons, mum was freaking out. I guess mum knew how "stoic" I am about pain along with all the adrenalin pumping in my body that she thought for sure I was badly hurt.

Mum was practically shaking when she put me in the car and zoomed me to Auntie Janice's (my vet) house. While she was driving, mum kept thinking that the splinter from the fence panels must have punctured my chest, or that I was bitten by the mama raccoon and that very thought sent tears down her face. Mum remembered what Mackie, Butchy & Snicker's mums had warned about getting "Coonhound paralysis" from raccoon bites.

I was still very happy and excited when I saw my Auntie Janice, who on the other hand, looked calm, but very serious (and this is very un-usual for Auntie Janice). Auntie Janice checked my vital signs and my chest first as she was most concerned about that area. Much to their surprise and relief, I had no wound around my chest at all, only the hair on my chest was bloody. My vital signs were also strong and stable, and I was definitely not in shock. So Auntie Janice moved her attention to my mouth area (where I kept trying to give her bloody nibbles/kisses...), and found the source of the gushing blood.

I had split one of my bottom incisors (second tooth from my bottom right canine) and that's where all the blood on my chest was coming from. In a way it was a good split (vertically splitted) because the first half of the tooth came off easily, and the second half of the tooth contained the nerve ending, which was not exposed and was still stable. Auntie Janice said since it wasn't a canine or a molar that she wasn't too concerned. So she gave mum some pain meds to take home in case I was in pain. Good news is that the split tooth had no effect on me at all and I didn't need to take any yucky pills!! I ate a good breakfast this morning and have no problem drinking.

Those pesky raccoons however, are another problem. Mum called wild life/pest control this morning, and the response she got was "you can't stop wild life from being outside."!! Apparently, unless the raccoons are causing damages to the property, there is nothing you can do about it. Mum and I believe that they either live in the shed or on the oak tree behind our fence, which is NOT on our property. Ever since my last encounter with the raccoons, mom has been adamant at not leaving any left over bones in the yard, but they still came....... I guess I'll just have to stay inside after dark from now on until mum can figure out a way to make the raccoons leave...SIGH.... Got any ideas??