Goofy Accident

Brenda is clumsy. After what she's been through--living most of her life in a crate too small for her to even stand up in--it's a wonder she can even walk. She is wobbly and often needs help walking up the many stairs leading to our apartment. She stumbles and trips over something every day.

Nothing compares to the silly way she recently hurt her leg, though. I was standing in the kitchen watching Brenda as she was making her way to one of the dog beds in the living room when she stopped abruptly. A second ticked by and she twitched violently, squealed in a pain, hobbled to the bed and immediately started licking her leg.

I rushed to her side but was unable to find a wound anywhere or a foreign object stuck in her paw.

It's almost as if she had a minor seizure, which would actually explain a lot. I've been watching her closely since then, looking for a sign that she has had or will suffer a similar episode but so far the incident seems to have been an anomaly.