First, I made the mistake of taking him with me to switch a valve in the vineyard where it had not been mowed yet. There were fox tails everywhere, but “we’ll just be in and out, so don’t do anything stupid,” I told him. I didn’t want to leave him in the truck for this small moment, because, well, this guy has me four shredded seatbelts deep. So he has a blast bounding and frolicking through the tall weeds, but when we get back, his head is tilted and he’s shaking his ears back and forth. I knew immediately what he did, what I had caused, and I called the vet for an ear inspection, which is really easy so they fit me right in within an hour. 

He was a very good boy and didn’t need to be sedated to remove the two fox tails, and they said everything looked good, that it looks like he escaped without any injuries. He was so good for them that I decided I would take him with me to lunch where the restaurant often offers free, plain chicken breast for dogs on the patio. 

When we arrived, he almost fell down when he jumped out of the truck. I said “hey man I know you know where you are but slow down you’re gonna hurt yourself.“ Then I saw the wiggles, I asked him if he thinks he can walk this off, but then noticing he could barely stand up when we tried to walk, my immediate assumption was that it must be ear related, considering how the morning is gone. I called the vet, they say someone will call me back, I take moose back to the truck, he barfs one of the biggest dog barfs I’ve ever seen, and with a lot of assistance, he’s in the backseat again. I decided to take him home, but he was not doing well and we could not get him up the stairs to the porch, so my wife and I got him back in the truck, and I went straight back to the vet. I have enough experience to know this is most likely not serious, but what if it is?

Once at the vet, he was treated for a punctured eardrum. He was almost 100% back to normal by the evening, but the poor guy was stuck in the spins for hours.

We had a minor scare the other day, but everything is fine.