Wednesday, July 20, 2011

FAIL! Chico doesn't like Doggie Socks SOCKS!!!

Chico my 20 month old male Pit Bull has started licking/chewing his toes.  He splits his nails and is just constantly chewing.  There doesn't seem to be any boo boos, no rash or swelling so before we do get any of those nasty, hard to cure things I decided he needed socks.  Doggie Socks, doggie no lick socks.  I measured around his leg and cast on 36 stitches in Worsted Weight I Love This Yarn, powder blue for my prototype.  I used US Size 2 DPNs, joined in the round and started my K1P1 ribbing.  I knit the ribbing for 10 rows for the Cuff.  I changed to US Size 4 DPNs and knit 30 rounds for the leg of the sock before starting my toe decrease.  Since Chico refused to allow me to try the sock on while still attached to the needles and skein of yarn I just sort of guessed.  FAIL #1!  The sock is too short for long legged Chico!

I would double the number of leg rows if not 1 1/2 times that!
  60 to 90 Rows easy!

See, how stinking cute, Right?  =(

For the toe above, which is a little Y almost, I SSK the First (2) stitches on every needle and K2TOG the last (2) stitches on every needle for 1 row then knit around for the next row.  I repeat these 2 rows until there were only 18 stitches left on the needles.  Then I decreased every row until there were only 6 live stitches left.  I then used the Kitchener Stitch to graft the toe.

Here is the one Picture I could get while holding his leg, then he took off.

Totally dejected and unloved!!  How SAD can a guy look?

Don't look at my scratched up wood floors, terrible I know!!  He went and lay next to Chris' chair for protection and refused to walk on his sock or come any where near me!!!  BRAT!  I will NOT be spending any more time knitting Chico socks that's for sure!!!

5 comments:

  1. We found that our dog has major damage to her joint & THAT was why she was always licking it. Happened before we got her, while she was a little puppy, & req a new vet to figure it out. Anti inflammatories to the rescue, no more licking.
    Yr vet may be able to help yr boy with his split nail. The sock is cute, but would require a harness to keep it on. LOL. Don't we adore our 4 footed babies? Jennifer

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  2. We found that our dog has major damage to her joint & THAT was why she was always licking it. Happened before we got her, while she was a little puppy, & req a new vet to figure it out. Anti inflammatories to the rescue, no more licking.
    Yr vet may be able to help yr boy with his split nail. The sock is cute, but would require a harness to keep it on. LOL. Don't we adore our 4 footed babies? Jennifer

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  3. Hi Jennifer, Chico's licking seems to be from boredom, sad to say. As for the nail splitting, still haven't come up with an answer there. I did knit him another set of socks which were much longer and I went down a needle size on the cuff. They stay on, he HATES them, and all I have to do is pick one up and show it to him to make him stop licking!!! =)

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  4. Hi there --

    Just between us girls -- I think that your Chico would enjoy his socks more if you made a few simple changes to the pattern the next time you make them. Yes, make them longer, as you previously noted. But also -- include a row of eyelets (simply yo's) so that you can insert an i-cord to tie them on. AND -- stuff with newspaper, turn over and use puff paint on the bottom of the paws to make them not so slippery on those polished floors.

    My MacTaggart didn't like his boots, either -- until he got outside and realized that his feet didn't hurt from the cold sidewalk when he has them on. Now he sits and waits for me to put them onto his feets and walks in them just fine. Point being -- it's learned behaviour and you have to teach him. You are the Alpha, remember, not him. You decide what is in his best interest. Around here (in Michigan) that means sweaters, coats and boots in the winter.

    Warm hugs and woofs,
    Maggie & MacTaggart
    DrMaggie at aol.com

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  5. Here's something that really works. My Dobie, Lily, had surgery to remove a growth from her right paw. When she got back home she immediately began to chew out her stitches so I put on the dreaded collar which worked but she was miserable, couldn't walk without banging on something, and couldn't get upstairs to be with us as bedtime. This morning I slid one of my thick socks over the incision and it was just the right length to come to the top of her leg. And here's what makes it stay on: remember those elastic straps we used diagonally at the corners of the sheets to keep them on? I attached one on either side of the sock top, took one side behind her left leg and connected it to the other one at center back. When I have more time I will make one strap instead of using two. My husband call my "invention" sock suspenders. Whatever works I say.

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