Lisa
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- Location
- Alberta, Canada
Just got back from a lovely warm holiday in California...which is great as it’s snowing here at the moment. Very early even for here in the Great White North. 
Anyhoo Simba greeted me with so much excitement and joy, bless him. We went for a walk and enjoyed a little ramble around the neighbourhood. He did his usual pick up of tasty treats/aka garbage and he got his usual big crunchie for a reward for a nice “leave it”. He also snaffed a small bone, part of a steak or pork chop or something like that. No way he will drop it...he crunched it up with no difficulty and then we were home.
Couple hours later OH comes home and gives him a cuddle and realizes he needs a good brushing. Afterwards he gives him a couple of the big crunches as a treat for being good. Simba takes them but then spits them out. Which he NEVER does. I tried to give him one...same thing. Hmm. It was just about time for supper so I gave him his usual kibble, thinking that if refuses that there is definitely something wrong. He ate it fine, but maybe a little more slowly.
I looked in his mouth but I couldn’t see much...I’m theorizing that somehow he hurt his mouth/a tooth on the bone.
I’ll try to get a better look tomorrow. It’s tricky...I have got him to the point where I can brush his teeth with no trouble but given his history of not liking being handled I feel a little trepidatious of looking in his mouth so not sure how much I’ll be able to see.
He doesn’t love vet exams either. Sigh. I’ll see how he is the next day or so ...maybe I’ll soak the kibble tomorrow AM for brekkie.
Anyhoo Simba greeted me with so much excitement and joy, bless him. We went for a walk and enjoyed a little ramble around the neighbourhood. He did his usual pick up of tasty treats/aka garbage and he got his usual big crunchie for a reward for a nice “leave it”. He also snaffed a small bone, part of a steak or pork chop or something like that. No way he will drop it...he crunched it up with no difficulty and then we were home.
Couple hours later OH comes home and gives him a cuddle and realizes he needs a good brushing. Afterwards he gives him a couple of the big crunches as a treat for being good. Simba takes them but then spits them out. Which he NEVER does. I tried to give him one...same thing. Hmm. It was just about time for supper so I gave him his usual kibble, thinking that if refuses that there is definitely something wrong. He ate it fine, but maybe a little more slowly.
I looked in his mouth but I couldn’t see much...I’m theorizing that somehow he hurt his mouth/a tooth on the bone.
I’ll try to get a better look tomorrow. It’s tricky...I have got him to the point where I can brush his teeth with no trouble but given his history of not liking being handled I feel a little trepidatious of looking in his mouth so not sure how much I’ll be able to see.
He doesn’t love vet exams either. Sigh. I’ll see how he is the next day or so ...maybe I’ll soak the kibble tomorrow AM for brekkie.
