(This is an old blog post imported from My Space.  Please note not all links may work.)

Riddick was out running along the canal and apparently stepped on a
nail through the center of his paw.  It went in about a centimeter and
caused him to be in lots of pain. I wound up having to take him to the
emergency Vet, where they patched him up and told me to come back the
next day.  (I had to miss work to take him back.)  Anyhow, they did
ex-rays and removed a piece of the nail, then put him in a cast for a
week so he wouldn’t get it infected.

He’s all better now, but poor doggie – he had to wear a cast….and wasn’t very happy at all with the pain meds.