WRONG!!! Oh, she may look sweet, but she definitely has "bad to the bone" potential.It all started a little over a week ago. Chris was on the sofa petting Maddie (aka Evil Dachshund), who was on the floor. Well, Bella ran over to get a little attention, too. Then, out of nowhere, Maddie chomped down on Bella's neck and she let out a yelp! Maddie has never done anything like that before, so we were all surprised! Bella was dazed for a few moments, but we didn't see any blood and she started playing, again, fairly quickly. She's been scratching at her neck since the "incident", but we figured that the spot had scabbed over and was bothering her.
Well, towards the end of last week, we began noticing that Bella had scabs all around her neck, not just where Maddie bit her. So, I called our vet on Friday and asked if I could bring Bella in, but they were booked solid. I went ahead and made an appointment to have her seen yesterday morning.
I took her in and told the vet what had happened. Bella was shaking like a leaf; she is not fond of going to the vet. The vet said she was going to take Bella to the back room and try to shave some fur off around her neck to get a closer look. Well, she walked out and right back in and said that Bella fought her like crazy, so she was going to have to sedate her. Poor thing!
Bella did have a few wounds, but, no infection...thank goodness! All the vet did was put some antibiotic cream on her sores and give us some medication to take home. Well, that little "procedure" cost us a whopping $110!. Thanks A LOT, Maddie! We owe ya, girl! Bella will have to be on a round of antibiotics for 10 days. Here's what she looked like when I picked her up from the vet...
I'm not sure if Bella will find it in her heart to forgive the Evil Dachshund for the damage she did to her neck. She might have to think on that one for awhile. All I know for certain is that Maddie is one bad weenie dog who cost us a lot of money! 
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I bet this would be Bella's "Pet" peeve as well as yours. Sorry for the pun, I couldn't help it.
Poor Bella...is Maddie jealous or what?
I hope she is back to good in no time at all!
wow poor little dog!!!! our older dog, sam, took a good chomp out of our younger dog, buddy once when he was a puppy... he was being annoying and she just turned around and bit his ear so hard it bled. i have to say he was a lot less annoying after that!! :)
Poor little Bella. I hope she can forgive Maddie and they can be friends again. I hope you can forgive Maddie too, for the vets bill!!!
Hope she is feeling better soon.
Lindsay
Oh wow, April...that first picture could have been entered into today's contest 'the eyes have it' (pet edition) because that is one great picture! You really should enter it.
You may have until tomorrow to enter it so check it out if you have a chance. That is some story...and you are right...she looks like an angel! lol
Love ya sister...Happy Tuesday!
oh no poor bella!
Awww...poor Bella! Hope her boo boo is all better soon!
Oh NO! It looks awful! I am glad it can be fixed relatively quickly. I hope Maddie doesn't do any more nipping!
I can feel your pain! My little mini dachshund thinks she's a power house and has bitten many people and other dogs. She bit a doberman in the face once when he leaned down to say hi. She bit another dog in the face once and she ended up in the vet hospital! They can definitely have attitudes. Our Molly is 14 now and has calmed down alot.
Oh My! Poor little Bella! That was awful mean of Maddie. I hope Bella gets better soon!
Maddie is one jealous doxie! We've always had dachshunds and have never had one not be nice to other dogs. Cats, now that's another story!
My two used to be very jealous, too, and they would occassionally just fight over nothing. Or seemingly nothing. Most of the time they played together, slept together, and sort of ate together well. Sounds like Maddie is very jealous. Looks like Maddie is very jealous. Poor little Bella. What's a mother to do? Hope you can get it sorted out.
A friend of mine had to have her dachsund's canines extracted because he just bit her when he felt like it. After the extraction, the biting didn't do that much damage. She, like Maddie, had to go to the doc. Her husband made the decision after it happened twice, and he saw it the second time. Hope you don't get to that point, April. I heard from dog trainers that sometimes two females don't work well together. They fight to be dominant dog. Maybe that was Maddie assetting her rights as leader of the pack. Yikes!
XO,
Sheila :-)
Hi April, I'm so happy you paid me a visit. I had a Doxie, and that little dog was my shadow, but God help if anybody else tried to pet him. And he bit so many kids between the eyes. The vet said he didn't like their breath in his face, so when they bent down to pick him up he would bite them. That little thing was my worse nightmare. But he loved me so much.I just knew one day I would be sued, but it never happened. Now we have a shih-tuze, he's 6 months old and this dog is just slap happy. He makes us laugh all the time. He's got way more engery that we have, so we're going to start taking him to a doggie park soon.
Come back soon.
Hugs,
Chris
Poor little Bella! I hope she is better soon!
yikes! that's not good! poor Bella. I hope she heals quickly and Maddie doesn't do it again.
Poor little Bella....I hope her neck heals quickly. It definitely sounds like Maddie has some jealously issues.
Whoa! Poor Bella. Kind of sounds like Maddie was being territorial there. Didn't want Bella barging in on her space at the time. Kind of scary. I hope Bella is better soon.
Bless Bellas heart.
Oh my goodness April, poor Bella! That was an expensive chomp on the neck! As much as we love them pets can be a big expense sometimes!
Awww poor little doggie. My mom and dad are in love with their doxie that they got for Christmas. he had to go to the vet yesterday also. He had a small hernia to fix. My mom said he is the meanest and most mischevious dog that they have ever had. Hope your is better soon.
Oh how I understand April... I own a Evil Chihuahua! A dog that doesn't even weigh 5 pounds yet thinks he is the biggest dog in the world and will bite anything!
With all that said, I truly love him and love his "mean" side too! He is just trying to protect us~♥
Robin~♥
Not Maddie!?!? LOL
She is beautiful. Her coat is so shiney!
Poor Bella! I hope she heals soon, both physically and emotionally. I'm sure her feelings are terribly hurt!
Poor Bella! I hope she heals quickly. Aren't vet prices outrageous?!
Thank you for visiting me from Daphine's blog...isn't she great? She is one of those people you feel like you've known forever even though you've just met!
I hope you'll come back to see me often! Blessings!
Poor sweet little Bella! I hope Maddie treats her better!!
That's sad and mean of the weenie dog! I'm sure that there is something, learning procedure for the dog that you could read in a book or something.
Poor thing!
Rub her under the chin for me.
Oh my...poor Bella! I hope she gets some extra lovin' tonight. I guess I'm content with just one "baby" so I can spoil him...without anyone else getting jealous! Hope she heals quickly...
April,
What a story...with a not-so -happy-ending! I hope this is the end of the "sibling rivalry"!
What irritates me most is the veterinarian bill. I love our doc, she is the sweetest & I give them a lot of credit for all those years of med school etc., but the costs are incredible! I feel for all these old people living on their Soc. Security & then having a beloved pet get ill. (Sorry-I'm always trying to save the world) But what I wanted to say is that I have noticed that my vet here in Chicago is 3X higher than my vet in Michigan, not so much for drugs, vaccines, etc...but for procedures. It will cost $200.00 more to have Layla neutered here than there!! That doesn't make sense to me. So come spring, we're heading for the country so there are no little chihuahua's running around!!
Goods luck with the girls & thanks as always for a good post! :-)
xoxo
Jane
Aww poor bella!! I hope she heals soon! Your daughters are beautiful. Happy Belated Birthday to Brittany. Our son turned 30 on Thursday - and I did a post about him and he was very emotional about it as well. It was also the day we found out his baby to be is a girl so it was a real boo hoo day for sure.
Thanks for stopping by!! hugs, Linda
OH MY! Poor little white pup....ouch!
-sandy toe
Oh my goodness! That is crazy! I guess I shouldn't care that my dog eats the cat litter. She is not a biter, thank God! Poor Bella!!
(But Maddie sure is cute!)
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Poor baby. Seems like it's always something huh? We just returned from our daughter's. They baby is wonderful. So sweet. I just wish they were closer. We brought our grandcat home with us to live because he was so attached to our daughter and you just never know. He hasn't adjusted yet, but we've only been home a couple of hours. I don't know what our little Wicket will think of Benny Cat. I just hope we don't have any wounds. Hopefully I'll be adding new posts soon. First I have to catch up on my sleep from being on 4 hour shifts at night. It's been a long time since I've had 4 hour feeds. I didn't do the feeding, just the changing and staying up with her until she went back to sleep. Thanks for stopping by. Elizabeth
Poor baby :(
Bad Evil Dachsund
Oh -- poor baby! And poor you with that vet bill!
((hugs))
Jen
Hello sweet friend!
Oh wow! Poor Bella! Glad she's okay for the most part! That Evil Dachshund!
Well, you certainly have a cute doxie....and it is hard to believe they can be evil!! My two can become aggressive too towards our Bella....they don't like to share the love most days!
You do have a couple of cuties!!
Oh my gosh, April, poor Bella! What do you suppose got into Maddie? Poor thing..all she wanted to do was play. Hope she heals very quickly and tell Maddie to keep her distance...well only if she is going to be evil. ;)
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