Poor Pepper!

You know the other day when I said that Pepper had to have 9 teeth pulled? Well, it was yesterday. And she ended up having FIFTEEN teeth pulled!!! AND she was already missing two!

Poor Pepper! OUCH! So I was wondering out loud, what's going to hold her tongue in? The Vet said that their canine teeth hold their tongues in so she should be ok. But it might pop out every once in a while. Then I was wondering out loud, how could we NOT KNOW that she was in pain?? The Vet said, ingrained preservation instincts keep animals from showing that they're vulnerable. You know, it's a dog eat dog world and if you're weak you're outta here! Awwwww. She said a woman brought her dog in a couple months ago because he was limping and she did an ex-ray and the dogs hip was so degenerative she couldn't believe the dog was walking at all! Awwwwwww. Poor Pepper. She was very pitiful looking last night. But this morning, she was super duper perky! And starving! She can only have soft food for 2 weeks. So I plopped down her breakfast but ended up feeding her with a spoon. She was having a lot of trouble trying to pick it up off the plate. Awwwwww. Poor Pepper. Other than that, she's been a ok today! whew!