Bella ears1

Bella ears1
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So how was your holiday weekend? Our was ok except for some little weime (who will not be named) came up with a completely new ailment after 13 years. People think we are kidding when we say Bella file at the vets takes up a file cabinet by it's self. You name it, the poor girl has had it.
This weekend it was a hematoma in her ear flaps, poor thing. We took Bella for a walk in a wooded park back around Thursday, just to stretch her legs and something got the best of her. We don't know what it was but her allergies just set off and she flapped out all night. It was so bad her ears were swollen. It was a hematoma in her ear flaps. And like i said, at 13, the girl is still finding new challenges for us. We am shocked it hasn't happened before but now she has drops and we have been putting ice packs on her ears and the vet said she should be all better in 4-5 days. Who knew that violent flapping could cause bleeding inside. We had always been so careful not to let her stick her head out the window of a moving car because their ears are so delicate and then this happens with just flapping.
Anyway, she's going to be ok, in fact the swelling in her ear has mostly gone down (the hard part is keep her from flapping out when she wanted to). So just another tip from your friendly Bella (who likes to experience everything herself first - parents of flap-ear pups just keep a close eye on the ear flapping and watch their allergies.

Just a friendly heads up from Doc Bella.