When it rains, it pours.

So today we decided to go play tennis. There are courts in walking distance, so we brought the dogs along for the walk, and then let them play with the extra tennis balls. A nice, free way to have some fun and get some exercise, right?

Wrong.

It lasted about 20 minutes before we noticed Billy acting funny. Upon inspection we realized that he had torn up the pads of his paws - like peeled back a thick layer of skin, basically. Of course this is after noon, when our vet closes. Off to the emergency vet we go!

Four and a half hours, $478.32, and the last of my patience later, we left the e-vet. Look at this poor baby :-(