There was blood all over the rug because Mac completely tore off one of his main nails. I cleaned him up, then cleaned up the rug, the stairs, his crate, etc.
Here's his crate bed before it got tossed into the laundry:
WARNING: VERY OUCHY PICS AHEAD!
His poor footie:
Of course, the big lunkhead was all bouncy and happy, putting bloody footprints everywhere, and it didn't even bother him until I tried to clean it up. Then it was DRAMA TIME! Here is the "woe is me" face:
He won't even look at me now, LOL. He's on his other bed, sulking. Everytime I come into the room, he curls his foot under his body and turns his back to me.
Thankfully, he's already on antibiotics because of his skin. Our yard is mud soup right now (can't WAIT until it freezes over again!) and there's no way to keep his foot clean and dry outside. He doesn't like his feet covered at all, so he's just going to have to tough it out until it heals.
!! That looks so painful. That last pic is too cute (eventhough the reason for his expression sucks). One good thing is (from the pics atleast) it looks like it snapped pretty evenly along the top so it will be easier to file it as it grows back and heals right. Ino has had a few breaks that were very jagged so we had to have the pieces removed by the vet because they would snag on things and the remaining pieces of the nail was loose. Some of his breaks were from running full speed across the uneven rocks by the stream, other breaks were caused by his obsession with digging and chewing through fallen trees along the trail we walk and others broke when there was an ice layer on top of the snow and he was too heavy to walk on top without falling through. I had to start pulling him away from the fallen trees because even with broken nails- he would not stop digging. It looked like a wood chipper got to the trees when he was done!! Only one bad break caused him lameness- the rest I only knew they happened because of blood in the snow. Now he is on suppliments for his because they kept breaking- the holistic vet gave him a mineral pill and a multi-vitamin/antioxidant wafer. The vet's thoughts were that the change in moisture in the winter was probably the issue for Ino because he did not break any in the warm weather. When he broke them, I could not cover his foot either- I tried the no chew self adhering bandages but he would shake the foot right and get it off during the walks 
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That one goes in the washer next.....
coming for Mac 
