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It is the cutest thing ever. I love you, my sweet girl! 🌿

She was so happy to see her friends and there was zero apprehension. Also took her on her 1st walk this morning since the attack and she did great. 👍🏼

And just another THANK YOU to all of you. I am SOOO grateful she is still in my life and healing and hope to take her back to her next puppy class on Friday night so she can see her pals. 🐾 This will depend on her wounds since she uses a harness (don’t want it rubbing on anything), but right now they look really good. 👍🏼 I’m also going to buy something to protect us on our future walks. Most importantly, Happy 7 month Bday to my Fernie girl! 🥰

Fern and I are so grateful for the love, support, good vibes and prayers from this community. I read all of your comments and was so touched.

Well, your prayers and good vibes worked! Fern woke me up bright and earky wanting to play (still trying to keep her calm). She ate, drank water and was able to go 1 & 2. Her wounds look SO much better and the teeth scratch marks are gone. The bite marks look pretty much dried up and aren’t showing any signs of infection. The swollen area that I was worried about has continued to drain and looks significantly better than yesterday. I was able to put another warm compress on it while she ate breakfast.

The bite and bruise on my leg is doing much better too.

So yeah, what has this experience taught me? Even though there are bad people in this world (like the lady who lied about her contact info. after her dog attacked Fern), there are many good people, like you all.

Here is a pic of Fern being sassy this morning and another of her just being cute. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. We will both be ok after this terrible incident. Hugs to you all and your fur babies . 💜

Thank you to those that replies to my earlier post with well wishes and advice. It has been such an awful and traumatic day, that I did not have time to reply to all of you.

Fern’s vet closed early today and was all booked up. I did not want to wait until they reopened on Monday, so I took her to the emergency vet. They triaged her right away and luckily her vitals were fine. They clipped her fur around the bites and cleaned the wounds. We then had to wait another 3 hours to be seen by the Dr. She said the wounds looked superficial but also said that the effects of dog bites can take 3-5 days. She wants me to observe for any tissue death (she would need surgery) or coughing/shortness of breath which could indicate fluid in her lungs if the dog shook her since the dog went for her chest. She prescribed antibiotics and pain/inflammaton medicine. She had a swollen area on her upper chest above her armpit and another area where her skin looks like its hanging a bit loose and could be from the dog pulling the skin away from the underlying tissue. One bite on her shoulder and 3 bites around her upper and lower chest. She also has a tooth scratch under her chin and had teeth scratch marks on her chest. I’m supposed to put a warm compress 3 times a day on her wounds but she will not let me put anything on her. 😕 Fern is wiped out and resting.

I got a tetanus booster for the bite on my leg and tried to do an online visit for antibiotics, but the wait was taking forever and I wanted to get Fern the vet.

Askimg for prayers and or positive energy for the both is us. I pray that Fern heals from this. 🌿💜 Thank you all in advance for any replies. I’m wiped out too.

Piper the Pug, Buck the Belgian Malinois and Sage the white pup. Piper can’t get enough of Fern’s big head 😆 Her owner adores Fern so much and told Fern he loved her while kissing her on the head. 🌿😚 Sage has also come out of her shell and has a blast with Fern.

The trainer had us do an intermediate exercise where we all stood by the pet store entrance as people/dogs walked in and they had to stay seated and calm. They all did so well. Very proud of Fern and her friends.

She outgrew her small harness so she is now in an adult medium of a different brand. I am thrilled with this new, no-pull harness. It has made walking her much more enjoyable and has significantly cut down on pulling. 🐾🌿💜

I slipped on some water splash from her water bowl. I am OK.

Found this on a July 4th clearance sale and it’s helped to keep her from my other furniture after destroying my couch (🙄) She really seems to enjoy lounging on it. I’m holding off on getting a new couch until she is less destructive. 🤞🏼