Fractured Digit in Dog
Has anyone ever dealt with this type injury? |
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| No, but we thought Rags may have broken her foot or a toe.
When they sedated her for the X-ray they were able to exam her foot and found out she had torn her pad open. They put a bandage on for 5 days and she was good as new when it came off. I hope your guy is feeling better soon. |
| I think the Vet wanted to put off the x ray until some of the inflamation went down. I think I know exactly how he did this. He was running after a ball and slammed his foot into a railroad tire seperating the grass from the patio. He seemed okay but a few days later started to limp and lick and hold it up. I thought maybe his allergies were kicking in but he actually went to nip me when I grabbed the foot to look!
I wish they would ahve just done the x ray and get it over with so we know what's wrong for sure. I hate seeing him on the meds. Monday is an eternity away! Thanks for the help. If anyone else has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Diane |
Sounds super painful.  |
| Oh, now why did you go and say that I feel so terrible! But he is on pain meds and it is not a weight bearing toe. He does walk on it - although I was told to limit the walking.
When you say your dog had a cut paw, was there blood? Was he on any pain meds? I'm concerned about the pain meds..oh, I am concerned about everything! I hate seeing him hurt. The rail road ties are coming out this weekend! Diane |
| Yes, I stepped on Shane's rear paw and fractured a middle digit. Xray confirmed it. Vet said, "Oh well, can't cast it. If we wrap it he'll eat it. Let's hope the other toes hold it in place." Healed fine. Pyrs limb but they don't whimper. No pain meds needed. |
| Friends of ours had a broken toe on their older Samoyed. It was on a front paw and I believe it was a middle toe.
It was confirmed by xray and splinted to the other toes by wrapping w/ vetwrap. He had limited activity (normally an active dog in obedience, walking 2-3 miles/day and doing agility) for awhile, and it healed up just fine. That was a couple years ago, and he has lead a busy active life since the injury. |
| There was no blood on Rags' foot. But she would not allow the Vet to look at it so they couldn't tell what she had done until they sedated her.
I don't believe there was any swelling. They did not give her any pain meds. Once her foot was tapped it she was fine and started walking on it again. I just know that I have broken a toe before. It's painful, but not anything I couldn't deal with without pain meds, just an painful achiness. The initial pain is what sucked the most. |
| At work we have seen many a broken toe. sometimes we xray other times we can just tell that its broken. Antiinflammatories, pain meds and splinting the foot work well but they take a long time to heel but they do heel on their own. |
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OES4ever wrote: At work we have seen many a broken toe. sometimes we xray other times we can just tell that its broken. Antiinflammatories, pain meds and splinting the foot work well but they take a long time to heel but they do heel on their own.
Just wondering, from your experience do they heal quicker if splinted or wrapped rather than just leaving it be? I fractured a finger once myself and it took about 6 weeks to heal - no wrapping or splint either. But it seems more difficult to keep a dog off his paw than it was for me to not use my finger! He is not limping today. Just a tiny bit when he first got up this morning. I am trying to walk him on the soft grass jut to do his business. Do you think I should be trying to walk him around a little? Diane |
| When we bandage a broken toe at work we bandage the entire leg up to the elbow if it is a front paw. we recommend keeping them quiet, meaning no vigorous running and such but your general walks down the block to go potty are fine. When bandaged they generally dont limp anymore because their foot is padded and it doesnt hurt to put weight on it because the padding gives. When unbandaged the pets tend to as you said have a hard time keeping off of the foot and even if it is healing, one wrong step could mean a large step backward in the healing process. They arent like people who can be aware of where that particular toe is being placed and how they place it. |
I wonder if he used some of the same words I did when I dropped a can of spaghetti sauce on my toe from a shelf at forehead level? I sank to the ground, grabbed my toe, tried to breathe, then repeated a soothing mantra of four, five, and six letter words, as well as compound words!  The toenail is now in the process of falling off, from the back forward. |
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