Bad Shit!

[mike456 171]

had the same problem with my bitch outside toe on right front foot,done everything from rest to lead walking at the vets 3 or 4 times toe never came right,vet was putting me of having the toe removed,in the end up i just told them i wanted it of,the best thing i ever done bitch had no problems since.

[wirral countryman 2,110]

Running dogs either have good feet or they don't,there's no inbetween,the top joint of the toe next to it looks fecked as well,I don't know how its bred but bad feet don't get better with time,dogs either have the brains to adjust their speed to the terrain or like a lot close to the greyhound or bull will suffer lots of foot injuries causing early retirement,WM

[DogMagic 461]

spade

c**t

[rob190364 2,594]

Running dogs either have good feet or they don't,there's no inbetween,the top joint of the toe next to it looks fecked as well,I don't know how its bred but bad feet don't get better with time,dogs either have the brains to adjust their speed to the terrain or like a lot close to the greyhound or bull will suffer lots of foot injuries causing early retirement,WM

would trotting them alongside a bike help improve their feet? I'm not saying they'd make bad feet good, but wouldn't it help?

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Had similar with one of mine years back

 

Never caused an issue at all after a lengthy rest.

The oldest lad had a toe removed from one of his saluki x`s, never affected it either.

[skycat 6,174]

Running dogs either have good feet or they don't,there's no inbetween,the top joint of the toe next to it looks fecked as well,I don't know how its bred but bad feet don't get better with time,dogs either have the brains to adjust their speed to the terrain or like a lot close to the greyhound or bull will suffer lots of foot injuries causing early retirement,WM

A dog can have the best feet in the world, but if it is unlucky enough to strike a stone or half buried farm implement at the wrong angle when running hard, or turning at speed ... well, bones break, lumps of iron or stone tend not to.

[nothernlite 18,137]

had the same problem with my bitch outside toe on right front foot,done everything from rest to lead walking at the vets 3 or 4 times toe never came right,vet was putting me of having the toe removed,in the end up i just told them i wanted it of,the best thing i ever done bitch had no problems since.

had the same bother myself a couple of times if in doubt cut it out

[wirral countryman 2,110]

WM

Edited April 29, 2013 by wirral countryman

[skycat 6,174]

We don't know how exactly the OP's dog broke its toe in the first place. Not having seen a photo of the dog we don't know how good or bad its feet are, which is why I said what I said. Sometimes it is just bad luck: I had a bitch who, whilst coursing, found the only sharp object on a fen of soft silt: not a stone or anything in sight: bad luck. Sliced through all the tendons in her foot. Just plain bad luck: that's what I meant.

[low plains drifter 10,945]

 

Running dogs either have good feet or they don't,there's no inbetween,the top joint of the toe next to it looks fecked as well,I don't know how its bred but bad feet don't get better with time,dogs either have the brains to adjust their speed to the terrain or like a lot close to the greyhound or bull will suffer lots of foot injuries causing early retirement,WM

would trotting them alongside a bike help improve their feet? I'm not saying they'd make bad feet good, but wouldn't it help?

 

Apart from toughening the pads,and shortening the nails,trotting a dog wont make the bones any more durable,as far as looks go it's nice to have tight cat like feet on a dog,but there is no guarantee that they will be any more resistant to damage than a more flat footed dog,it's all in the bones,and to some extent running style,terrain etc

[dytkos 17,864]

We don't know how exactly the OP's dog broke its toe in the first place. Not having seen a photo of the dog we don't know how good or bad its feet are, which is why I said what I said. Sometimes it is just bad luck: I had a bitch who, whilst coursing, found the only sharp object on a fen of soft silt: not a stone or anything in sight: bad luck. Sliced through all the tendons in her foot. Just plain bad luck: that's what I meant.

His feet are decent Penny, but, he is a "very determined" sort of dog

 

Cheers, D.

[day worker 296]

is that celt dave? if so there is nowt wrong with his feet he's one tough little dog! at least its happened now and not at the start of the hunting season! atb rob

[nothernlite 18,137]

 

Skycat,I normally agree with most of your posts but the last one makes no sense,its quite obvious that bone will break before stone or metal !! my dogs are run on old tips,railway lines,in fact almost anywhere were vermin can be found and the feet on a pup is the first thing I look for and a bit of brain,parents that have been relatively free of injuries and good workers,not any old sh*te that has been thrown together because it once seen a rabbit,WMmy present bitch is like all my others run anywhere,roads and alltest pics 141.jpg

So you think it's a good idea to run ye dog on roads ffs lol

 

well you can run them on ALL-TERRAIN LOL

[wirral countryman 2,110]

 

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Edited April 29, 2013 by wirral countryman

[nothernlite 18,137]

 

 

Skycat,I normally agree with most of your posts but the last one makes no sense,its quite obvious that bone will break before stone or metal !! my dogs are run on old tips,railway lines,in fact almost anywhere were vermin can be found and the feet on a pup is the first thing I look for and a bit of brain,parents that have been relatively free of injuries and good workers,not any old sh*te that has been thrown together because it once seen a rabbit,WMmy present bitch is like all my others run anywhere,roads and alltest pics 141.jpg

So you think it's a good idea to run ye dog on roads ffs lol

 

MY dogs are used wherever the job is,I pest control 2 large estates 7 days a week and that includes the villages,gardens and country lanes, barring the odd cut stopper on hard roads my dogs remain injury free,that bitch in the pic is 4 yr old and can catch anything,anywhere,she can adapt her speed to the environment we are hunting,don't measure other peoples dogs by your own lack of owning a decent dog,roads are not ideal and I would not advocate people running on them but sometimes thats where the bunnies are,I average between 1500-5000 bunnies a year so a dog thats injury prone would not suit me,we took 1200 bunnies out that little village in the pic but most were on the fields and parkland,WM

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well said mate are they beddy crosses mate ?