Trauma
I fell on my mother's yorkie today. This is my worst nightmare.
I thought i had seriously hurt him. I have NEVER heard a dog make that noise. WE thought his leg or should was broken, but after he calmed down. He was okay.
He finally crawled across the bed and licked my face. So I think he realized how shoken up I was and thought HE had to comfort ME!! What a dear.
My mom took a nap with him and he seems fine now, but he his quite for him and spending even more time in her arms. The boy is milking it she says.
Me I am traumatized. I laid down, adrenaline rush=crash and had a nightmare I woke up and found him dead from undiagnosed internal injuries or worse that he had a herniated disk or something.
If I had hurt him or worse, I don't think my mom would have forgiven me. She says she would have it was an accident, but I don't know. More to the point I would not have forgiven myself.
That is my worst nightmare come true that my CP will cause me to fall on or stumble and step on and seriously hurt one of my pets. My self I don't care about but my animals? I couldn't live with that.
I thought i had seriously hurt him. I have NEVER heard a dog make that noise. WE thought his leg or should was broken, but after he calmed down. He was okay.
He finally crawled across the bed and licked my face. So I think he realized how shoken up I was and thought HE had to comfort ME!! What a dear.
My mom took a nap with him and he seems fine now, but he his quite for him and spending even more time in her arms. The boy is milking it she says.
Me I am traumatized. I laid down, adrenaline rush=crash and had a nightmare I woke up and found him dead from undiagnosed internal injuries or worse that he had a herniated disk or something.
If I had hurt him or worse, I don't think my mom would have forgiven me. She says she would have it was an accident, but I don't know. More to the point I would not have forgiven myself.
That is my worst nightmare come true that my CP will cause me to fall on or stumble and step on and seriously hurt one of my pets. My self I don't care about but my animals? I couldn't live with that.
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As for you - have you considered getting a assist dog? Something like my Sam, who will throw himself against you to balance you (only much better trained, so as not to lunge at the kitties and leaves and stuff). It's funny, as Sam was rescued from the shelter, and we never trained him. Someone did, though.
The downside of having small pets is that they're even more vulnerable. And I'd never forgive myself either if I hurt them.
But you're okay and the dog is okay, and that's good. Don't blame yourself. Accidents really do happen!