After the dust settled and all the unholy demons had been cast back into the pit of fire from whence they came, I noticed a drop of blood on my hand.
I noticed that the tiny tip of Tinydog's tiny ear was bleeding, and then Tinydog shook his head.
Of course we dashed to the bathroom to find towels or styptic powder or something to stop the bleeding. Tinydog continued to be mildly irritated by his injured ear.
At this point it is pertinent to mention that I have vaso vagal syncope blood phobia. You know that thing you see on tv where somebody faints at the sight of blood? Yeah, I have that. So there is a finite amount of medical attention I can provide before my blood pressure drops so low that I can't stand up. I ended up laying on the couch for an hour, clamping Tinydog's tiny ear against his tiny head, waiting for the bleeding to stop. Z kindly mopped up the buckets of blood off the walls, the floor, the ceiling, all of our bedding, the couch...
We learned some important information about tiny dogs that night.
1. A 6-lb chihuahua can lose approximately four gallons of blood without any ill effects.
2. Copious amounts of styptic powder will eventually stop a bleeding ear, provided the dog doesn't continue to shake his head.
3. There is no good way to securely bandage a chihuahua ear.
4. Despite their large size, chihuahua ears appear to be devoid of any sensation or ability to feel pain.
5. A soft Cone of Shame is the most effective way to keep a dog's ears from whacking against his head every time he shakes.
Tinydog, on the other hand, learned nothing.
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