I was just rubbing and petting Coke, thinking about taking him outside to brush him, when I found a big oozing wound on him! I have NO idea what this is or where this came from. Yesterday I was at an agility trial all day with Kenya. DH had to work a double shift, so his SIL came over around noon to take Coke out. I got home around 6pm. I've taken the dogs out several times since then, but I am always outside when they are playing, usually doing yard work or cleaning the porch. They've been very playful, as they usually are when Kenya comes home after being away from Coke, but nothing out of the ordinary, no yelps from Coke to indicate she bit him. DH came home after midnight and went to bed, then got up and went to work at 8am, so the dogs were in the bedroom with me that whole time. After they played this morning I went to my grandpa's apartment for lunch and left the dogs free in the house. When I leave them free, I shut them inside (no porch) and shut the door to DH's room b/c there's a lot they can get into in there. Nothing was unusual when I got back. I have no clue how old this wound is, if it's a bite or what. Coke hasn't been licking or scratching the area, otherwise I probably would have noticed. It's on his left side, past the shoulder. It doesn't look like a puncture, I can see raw pink skin. It's almost like his fur got stuck on something and ripped off? It doesn't seem to be bleeding, but the fur around the area is sticky and clumpy, it looks very wet so I think it's oozing. I didn't touch the actual wound, but Coke didn't really seem to notice when I parted the fur to get a look at the wound. I tried to get a few pics, distracted him by hiding treats in a shoe so he was trying to dig them out while I took the pics. He doesn't *seem* affected at all so I didn't want to make a big deal but I'm quite appalled by this. I'm reluctant to blame Kenya since like I said, it doesn't look like a puncture and in the past if the dogs get too rough, Coke will yelp and then lie down and ignore Kenya or she will snap and walk away. They've never been in a fight or injured each other more than pulling out a little clump of hair or one dog slipping and falling during play.
Here are my pics. Sorry these are horrible. I'll try to get better ones when DH gets home. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it and I don't have any way to hold him down by myself.
See the hair falls over it, that's why I didn't see it and only noticed it as I was petting that area and felt clumps in the fur. I thought he got into something sticky.
I'm going to go through the house and see if it looks like he got stuck on something while I was gone this morning.
Any ideas on what this is or how I can tell how old the wound is??!?!?! Does this look like something Kenya did?
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