Wounded

[keymac88 8]

Well proper gutted after puting the start of the season back a few weeks due to personal injury i finaly managed to get out last night for the first time all was goin well couple of runs big rabbit in the bag then whack dog hits a dip starts screaming gets back to car and his leg tripled in size (swelling) so had to call it a night got him home laid him up think he has pulled a muscle so thats me out the game again for a few week seems i cant get started this year hope it aint a sign of things to come. my question is what do you lads give your dogs for pain releif i dont claim to be a experinced lamper and will take any advice i can get this is mine and the dog second season at this game and we must of had a lucky season last year didnt have a injury all year got a feeling am goin to learn more about injury,s than lamping this year lol so any positive advise is much apprecited atb key

[Guest thebigdog]

Well proper gutted after puting the start of the season back a few weeks due to personal injury i finaly managed to get out last night for the first time all was goin well couple of runs big rabbit in the bag then whack dog hits a dip starts screaming gets back to car and his leg tripled in size (swelling) so had to call it a night got him home laid him up think he has pulled a muscle so thats me out the game again for a few week seems i cant get started this year hope it aint a sign of things to come. my question is what do you lads give your dogs for pain releif i dont claim to be a experinced lamper and will take any advice i can get this is mine and the dog second season at this game and we must of had a lucky season last year didnt have a injury all year got a feeling am goin to learn more about injury,s than lamping this year lol so any positive advise is much apprecited atb key

 

get him to the vet, could be more than a pulled muscle, better to be safe than sorry

[the big chief 3,099]

Well proper gutted after puting the start of the season back a few weeks due to personal injury i finaly managed to get out last night for the first time all was goin well couple of runs big rabbit in the bag then whack dog hits a dip starts screaming gets back to car and his leg tripled in size (swelling) so had to call it a night got him home laid him up think he has pulled a muscle so thats me out the game again for a few week seems i cant get started this year hope it aint a sign of things to come. my question is what do you lads give your dogs for pain releif i dont claim to be a experinced lamper and will take any advice i can get this is mine and the dog second season at this game and we must of had a lucky season last year didnt have a injury all year got a feeling am goin to learn more about injury,s than lamping this year lol so any positive advise is much apprecited atb key

if you wont to give your dog a pain killer i would say iburafen it allso doublles up as an anti inflamatory so that will take the swelling down as well as kill the pain

[ftm 3,357]

i give my dog any pain killer that the grand bairns take as i know it isnt that strong all the best with the dog mate

[Ryan_b_09 18]

painkiller mate ope the dogs ok

[keymac88 8]

Thought of ibprufen but heard it damages dogs liver ????

[the big chief 3,099]

Thought of ibprufen but heard it damages dogs liver ????

a vet who is a gh speshalist told me it was ok and this man nows his shit

[keymac88 8]

Thank lads finaly a post that hasnt been ruined took your advice and give him ibrufen see how he goes and if hes not looking better by tomorow go and see the vet which bring me to another question do you guys just go to the normal vets or do you see a worker vet its just my mate say normal vets are funny with working dogs but that just might be his opinion whats your cheers key

[Guest thebigdog]

Thank lads finaly a post that hasnt been ruined took your advice and give him ibrufen see how he goes and if hes not looking better by tomorow go and see the vet which bring me to another question do you guys just go to the normal vets or do you see a worker vet its just my mate say normal vets are funny with working dogs but that just might be his opinion whats your cheers key

 

go to your local greyhound vet, pet vets are money grabbing c**ts

[skycat 6,173]

I hope you don't mind me being blunt here, but if the leg has really "tripled in size" (your own words) I'd not be waiting around to get it to the vet, any vet will do in an emergency. Bad fractures can cause immediate swelling, and waiting to see if it is any better tomorrow could mean the difference between recovery or losing a leg or being put down. Not to mention the cruelty involved in leaving an animal in severe pain.

[nat 8]

Thought of ibprufen but heard it damages dogs liver ????

 

this will probs sound like a stupid question nut is this the ibprufen we take ?

 

 

a vet who is a gh speshalist told me it was ok and this man nows his shit

[keymac88 8]

Can see your point skycat but i didnt want to be running the vets for a pulled muscle im relativly new to the dog game and havent had much expirence with injury,s someone who has would be able to make a decision like that on the spot im not that fortunate so thought id ask more expirenced folk anyway the dog has come round abit after ibrefen and is putin weight on his leg now wich has eased my mind a little so fingers crossed cheers key

[skycat 6,173]

A pulled muscle won't cause swelling to the extent you describe, and as you say, you're relatively new to the game. Which leg is it? Where is the swelling? Got a pic?

 

Now if the muscle was badly torn, say the thigh muscle in the hind leg, the swelling could be caused by blood coming from the muscle. In which case you should have ice packed the leg, or run the leg under a cold hose for half an hour, immediately you got home. If there is a badly torn muscle, the way you treat it will determine how well the muscle heals, long term. If not treated correctly the dog may run again, but won't have the power or elasticity in the muscle to run well, turn well or run for very long at a time as the scar tissue will stop the muscle working correctly.

[RossM 8,082]

you say the dog hit a dip, which would indicate to me a compression of a leg/joint ect excessive strain/pressure and not an extention of the leg thus pulling the muscle if it makes sense? get it to the vet mate no expert but it sounds to me like broken leg.

[Ideation 8,216]

Skycat, what's your thoughts on the giving of Ibuprofen to dogs? Always thought it was a no no and better using Metacam or something similar.