Its just a bruise maybe.
Anyway, he walks, jumps, and sleeps and eats today.
He is less growly than he was except when he stands up.
What adventures it is to have many pets!
It is truly about learning to give the best care according to your values, beliefs and ethics.
Without ever harming on purpose any of the animals. I have been way way more brutal most with Jerry, my first dog. I never touched him to beat him but boy did he ever get crazy strangled with that choker with which he came with. PLEASE everyone at the shelter: REMOVE chokers from dogs in your adoption centers. Most people dont use them correctly. i did not.