broken toe

[Guest alifeofhunting]

how long rest do you need to give for a broken toe?

still walking him on grass on lead,

toe still swollen any advice to speed up recovery?????????

[bendrover 556]

how long rest do you need to give for a broken toe?

still walking him on grass on lead,

toe still swollen any advice to speed up recovery?????????

if its actually broken,then you will most likely need to have it removed.if its dislocated and has popped back int place and is well swollen,leave it be.total rest for 3 weeks then light walking steadily building the walks up for another 3 weeks.after that try the dog off the lead for a light run.if all goes well ,start getting the animal fit.atb benny

[Guest jt750]

Take the advice your vet gave you.....

[Guest alifeofhunting]

i was asking for advice off someone who had suffered the same injury.

yes taking vet advice but just wondering what other people would you, vet cant put exact time on it?????

[captainpugwash 2]

what toe is it mate? and is it def broke?

Edited July 18, 2010 by captainpugwash

[poacherkev 64]

if its a outside toe leave it on because it will still help by taking some of the strain off of the others this advice was given to me by one of the top greyhound vets ( mr sweeny )as my bitch broke 2 in her life and it never gave her any problems and she was worked hard..you will need to rest the dog for about 4 to 6 weeks with no work or walks total bed rest..

hope it works out for you

[captainpugwash 2]

very good advise poacherkev although if it is a outside toe you may problems with it healing properly, as it does not have a toe either side of it to keep the broken toe in place and if this is the case and it keeps occuring try going to a well known running dogs vet and try getting it pin fired my mate has had great success with this very recently hope this helps

[collie/grey 238]

My bitch broke her outer back toe last season, it took 4 weeks of no exersize at all then 4 weeks lead walking then built upto regular exersize, it's the collousting that takes time, are you using any bone eradial on it?? Heres some pics of my bitches break. Runs perfectly fine on it now no probs.

Edited July 18, 2010 by collie/grey

[bendrover 556]

very good advise poacherkev although if it is a outside toe you may problems with it healing properly, as it does not have a toe either side of it to keep the broken toe in place and if this is the case and it keeps occuring try going to a well known running dogs vet and try getting it pin fired my mate has had great success with this very recently hope this helps

pin firing only works on the joint,if the actuall toe is broke.take it off.and pin firing isnt always successfull .you need a good level of swelling.had a dog both middle toes dislocated,pin fired.took the bandage off and the toes fell out of place. needless to say he was finnished

[captainpugwash 2]

yea your right bender, we got told its a 70/30 chance depending on how and were its happend in the toe, but in my opion id rather waste £ trying pinfiring rather than taking the dogs toe off then finding out that the dog realy carnt turn anymore.

[bendrover 556]

yea your right bender, we got told its a 70/30 chance depending on how and were its happend in the toe, but in my opion id rather waste £ trying pinfiring rather than taking the dogs toe off then finding out that the dog realy carnt turn anymore.

totally agree mate

[collie/grey 238]

Well my bitches toe has healed exactly the way it broke, it healed naturally, nature takes it course, she had no pins, nothing and has had no problems with that toe ever since but to look at the x ray you would think so.

[bendrover 556]

Well my bitches toe has healed exactly the way it broke, it healed naturally, nature takes it course, she had no pins, nothing and has had no problems with that toe ever since but to look at the x ray you would think so.

i think if you ask your vet ,he has manipulated the jointgback into place.i have done it myself in the past.your dog does not have a broken toe,it has a badly dislocated toe ive seen it many times.and have learned to pop it back in .atb benny

[bendrover 556]

Well my bitches toe has healed exactly the way it broke, it healed naturally, nature takes it course, she had no pins, nothing and has had no problems with that toe ever since but to look at the x ray you would think so.

i think if you ask your vet ,he has manipulated the jointgback into place.i have done it myself in the past.your dog does not have a broken toe,it has a badly dislocated toe ive seen it many times.and have learned to pop it back in .atb benny

ps pin firing does not involve any metal work being inserted.its a proceedure where burning hot needles are run up and down the side of the joint to form a scar tissue ,which helps with the callouse (sorry about the spelling)

[collie/grey 238]

Well my bitches toe has healed exactly the way it broke, it healed naturally, nature takes it course, she had no pins, nothing and has had no problems with that toe ever since but to look at the x ray you would think so.

i think if you ask your vet ,he has manipulated the jointgback into place.i have done it myself in the past.your dog does not have a broken toe,it has a badly dislocated toe ive seen it many times.and have learned to pop it back in .atb benny

 

The vet did nothing, he was going to remove the toe, all he did was give me antibiotics and bone radial, i thought the toe would have been put back into place but it was left how it was, but i stand corrected it was not broken then. Just shows how good my vet was!