Poor Poor Enzo...

I think the title of this blog says it all…I noticed Tuesday Enzo seemed to have what looked like a small cut on his outer ear from scratching. We had noticed him scratching A LOT at his ear all day Monday, we were assuming it was the collar, and hoping against fleas! So we wiped the ear up, and watched him closely to discourage anymore scratching throughout the day…He seemed fine, his normal playful self…so we were like OK…give it time to heal…

For some reason he just could not sleep that night...Enzo was whimpering in his cage, so I took him outside… no potty, I loved on him and still he whimpered. I was very sad, what was wrong with my Enzo? I figured maybe I did not tire him out enough before bedtime. So needless to say Wednesday morning came all too quickly!

Our day began nice and super early!! We trudged out the family room do our normal Enzo routine all the while mommy was yawning up a storm!…He played, ate, and was doing the normal Enzo I am so cute love on me…so I did! He whined again when I nuzzled him, I attributed it to his scratch. I immediately apologized nuzzled him again more gently this time and then that’s when I noticed Enzo was a stinky pup! Well you know what that means…so I decided that when the weather warmed up later I would give him his first Enzo bath at home! Hooray! I was hoping to see how he reacted to being washed by us. He seemed to love it at his foster home…but so far the only water he would get near from me was either to drink from his bowl or to have me lightly mist him with our hose while he sunbathed. The kids love the little kiddy pool, but Enzo will walk up and drink the water…and run! LOL…it must be the kids in it!!

So later when it heats up we head outside to get him squeaky clean…I sit in the yard, hose next to me…and I look at his ear again to see the damage and that’s when I looked INSIDE…AHHH…My poor, poor baby! He had Yellow crusty and wet puss looking stuff all inside, and boy did it smell!! No wonder he was whining, and could not sleep…he had an owie more so than the small scratch…and obviously he was scratching at his ear the last two days because it was starting to fester and bother him!! I felt so bad… so I look at the time…too late to take him to the vet now! Morning it will be…

Even in the midst of his pain, he still will pose for mama…I love my Enzo!




So we bare through another long night with our sad pup…giving him extra loves cause we know he needs it…