Indy05
Posted : 12/26/2009 3:27:13 PM
When we first moved to Texas my 20 pound, 12 yr. old cairn terrier was stung by a scorpion. We were walking at night, went under a street light, and the next thing I know my cairn yelps. I looked down and saw an aggressive scorpion. My dog had stepped on it. At that time I did not know scorpions liked to be under street light areas to catch insects attracted by the light. My dog was in great pain (and he generally was quite pain tolerant). I carried him home and put his paw in ice water for a while, then kept icing it with a icy, wet washcloth. It helped some. He limped for one day and after that seemed fine.
He passed away at age 14, and we got another cairn pup. When he was about 5 months old, one evening he started barking at somwething in the hallway. I had never heard this kind of bark from him before and ran immediately to him. A scorpion with his stinger curled over poised to attack was inches from his nose as he tried to sniff it, bark at it, and get as close as possible without getting too close to it. I scooped him up and grabbed a flyswatter, then smacked the scorpion several times to kill it. I think he instictively knew this was something dangerous.