My 10 lb poodle was visciously attacked by a dog. He was in a boarding kennel at the time and his wounds were not noticed, nor were they treated for 3 days (until we picked him up from the kennel). By that time infection had taken over his body. We immediately took him to our Vet. He was treated, wounds cleaned and he was put on an antibiotic. The next morning his temp was 105 and he was catatonic. He was hospitalized. To make a very long story shorter, the incident happened May 5th. We picked him up May 8th, 2006 and took him to the Vet. The original wounds absessed, were lanced (some as many as 6 times). More absesses kept popping up all over his body (40 to 50 in total), these were lanced. Samples were sent to a lab for culture. He had Pasturella and Pepto-Streptococcus. For over a month, he was treated with many different antibiotics. He developed a sensitivity to Pennicillin injections, and they became absessed. His temp would soar to 105, or drop to 96. The absesses began healing, but his heart developed a murmur, his lymph glands continued to be swollen, his kidneys were compromised, his Red Blood count dropped to 19 while his White Blood count soared off the chart. Another Vet was called in for consultation and asked about any Ticks in the past. Only one, about 4 or 5 years ago. He was put on Doxycycline (for Ehrlichia). Within 2 hours his temp returned to normal and he was more alert. His absess wounds have all healed, leaving some leathery skin. My concern now is that there are places on his body where the skin is discolloring to a dark brown color and this seems to be spreading. My Vet is out of town until Wednesday. The discollored areas are where there had been absesses. Is is possible that there may be gangrene in these areas? Please help.