Update on Puppy Winston

A long overdue update on our favorite little potato Winston!

He's fully vaccinated now, and he is certainly enjoying the big wide world and is exploring happily. He's been on holiday, investigtaed a steam train, met a giant polar bear, he still snuggles up and sleeps with his elephant which arrived with him. He's nearly the same size as it now! He's very polite with everyone and anyone he meets, if he's not sure he hangs back a little until he finds his confidence

He's recently been to the vet as his skin has flared up, could well be because he's now venturing out and about; he's weighing in at a very respectable 13KG now, he was 9.4KG on his first vet visit. He's been recommended some medicated wipes for his skin and shampoo to help with his skin.

He enjoys games of bitey face, and once he's had his limit on walks he's carried or bundled into a back pack so his legs and joints can have a rest. He's a total mischief maker and when he's awake he will get up to and into anything within his reach, typical puppy basset.

He was taken to the vet about his skin, but mainly because of his tail. You may recall there was an obvious healed in his tail when he arrived, it's quite close to the base. Initially this was not causing him any concern, but his foster family noticed recently that he was showing signs of pain if he laid on it awkwardly, of if it was touched. The notes from the examination are below. It appears that the tail is not straight and is possible that the break has dislocated, or it hadn't healed as originally thought. We will be having X-rays on the tail and at present Winston is on pain relief and his foster family are being very careful, trying to keep his tail safe. Hopefully the X-rays will show that his tail can be set, rather than the option of amputation which has been discussed.

Once we have the X-Rays we will update you, we are really hopeful his beautiful little tail can be saved.

Meanwhile if you would like to donate to Winston's vet costs, the link is below, or you can buy a ticket for this months raffle.

Fingers and toes crossed for the little potato's tail!

Enjoy the photos and videos!