Poor Sadie!

During Sadie's last hunting trip, she had a scary episode. Suffering from an allergic reaction, she rubbed her nose and mouth on the ground and sagebrush until she was bleeding. Jeff, on the recommendation of one of the other guys present, gave her a benadryl which helped her calm down. We still aren't sure what she was reacting too, but our best guess is a rattle snake bite. Sadie improved on the trip home and we thought she was going to be just fine. The next morning, however, she started limping. Her paw had swollen to twice the normal size. That night, Sadie must have bitten at her paw, causing it to tear open. The good news was that it released on the puss and gunk that was causing her paw to swell, but now she had a huge gash between her toes so Jeff took her to the vet to get stitches. Her skin was too inflamed for the stitches to hold, so instead she got some antibiotics and a cone. Poor Sadie didn't like her cone very much. Neither did we as Sadie kept running into all of us, knocking us down, as she tried to slip past or come in for a rub. She got hooked on door jams trying to run outside and several times got stuck under the table trying to figure out how to escape.Lily thought it was pretty funny...except when Sadie knocked her over.

Sadie still figured out how to give Lily kisses, but I don't think Lily appreciated it as much.

Don't worry, Lily got her back. Here you can see Lily with a handful of hair out of Sadie's tail.

Thankfully, Sadie is fine now, fully recovered and back to her normal self.