Kneel in front of your pet and try to ascertain his issue
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As you kneel before him, your hound whimpers, pressing his nose into your palm. You stroke his silky head and he rolls to his side, forelegs in the air.
"What be the problem, lad?" you ask, not expecting a response.
The dog groans and lays his head on the flagstone floor. "Something you ate, mayhap?" His tail thumps once. "Right then."
You nod decisively and stand to cross to the wooden chest at the foot of your cot. You retrieve the bottle of tisane you keep there and pray it does no harm to your friend. You turn and see him struggling to his feet, a smear of blood where he had lain.
"Oof, Laddie, be still, by the saints!" Alarmed now, you rush to his side and force him back down.
Under your hand you feel a wriggling, an unnatural motion from his side. Just then, he make a sharp bark and slumps down again. You watch in horror as a blood-covered creature emerges from Laddie's nether regions.
You:
