Muscle ?

[haymin 2,465]

Out last night with the dogs , the young one had done somethin she's breathing a bit heavier and a bit faster one of her eyes are a bit blood shot , I've had my fingers all over her pressing about but can't find the pain . I've gave her loxicom last night and this after noon . After her run she came back very slowly it was lick she was sticking out her kneck out , anybody had this before thanks

[Rake aboot 4,936]

She banged into somit while running bud ?? sounds like a head knock, maybe causing a sore neck ?

 

Hope yeh track it doon mate.

[haymin 2,465]

Never heard anything bud ill keep given loxicom just noo see WHST happens cheers lad hope you's are well ?

[paulus 26]

twist her head to the left and then right.up and down until full extension is achieved if she yelps you will know its in the neck or shoulder

[haymin 2,465]

twist her head to the left and then right.up and down until full extension is achieved if she yelps you will know its in the neck or shoulder

that's it just inn the door left is comfortable so is up . down is reluctant she's forcing not to go down same as to the right no yelp though cheers ?ill keep her on the loxicom for now im sure thats what the vet would give her . says me doctor Jim ?) cheers

[skycat 6,174]

Get dog to good bone man asap and for God's sake don't try and manipulate yourself or you could end up with a dead dog: sharp twisting the neck is NOT a good idea unless you are trained as an osteopath or chiropractor.

 

A not uncommon injury is to the 'peg' of the atlas bone, which can get chipped or even broken off if the dog crashes into something. Obviously this could be a very serious problem indeed, which is why painkillers etc are pointless as anything other than getting the dog more comfortable, but in this case, masking the pain could be very dangerous. Get the dog seen to professionally.

[whippet 99 2,613]

yeah , I wouldn't be yanking a suspected neck injury...........only takes the slightest movement to fook her right up .........same as human ..........

[MoChara 1,632]

I had my two dogs run at full speed in eachother, one came off fine but my other one came back with his head/neck down, couldnt lift it or move it (himself).

 

Straight to the vets, they thought he had broken his neck (possibly that bone that skycat mentioned) which is situated at the top end of the neck. Ended up they kept the dog in over night with all the right meds etc.

 

I was LUCKY that it was muscular - took him a while to recover poor git.

 

but deffo get a good vets opinion could be anything.

[paulus 26]

Get dog to good bone man asap and for God's sake don't try and manipulate yourself or you could end up with a dead dog: sharp twisting the neck is NOT a good idea unless you are trained as an osteopath or chiropractor.

 

A not uncommon injury is to the 'peg' of the atlas bone, which can get chipped or even broken off if the dog crashes into something. Obviously this could be a very serious problem indeed, which is why painkillers etc are pointless as anything other than getting the dog more comfortable, but in this case, masking the pain could be very dangerous. Get the dog seen to professionally.

given the dog was injured the night before and the post was made after 2pm the next afternoon, its safe to assume the dog has been moving,feeding,drinking,sneezing,head and body shaking since then. a dog with a broken neck will tend to tense and not want to move as a natural reaction to the injury. nobody mentioned sharp either,

[skycat 6,174]

I've actually seen two dogs with this injury Paulus, and whilst not wanting to be a scare monger, you'd never have suspected that they had actually broken/chipped the bones in their neck. I've also seen an apparently healthy dog keel over and die whilst striking a rabbit in the day time: now this is only an educated guess, so not substantiated by medical examination, but the dog in question had had a bad fall the previous night on the lamp. Seemed a bit reluctant to turn her head to the right, but eating as normal and walking about. When we asked the bone man about what had happened he told us that he'd seen quite few dogs which had been brought to him as having a 'trapped nerve' and turned out to be broken bone in neck. You hear about people walking around with a broken neck for days, then getting taken to hospital for something different, which is when the neck damage is found. It only takes a slight wrong move to end up dead if the bone is already cracked or broken.

Please don't think I'm all doom and gloom, the OP's dog could well have a torn muscle, bad bruising or any number of things, but I'd still get it seen to just in case it is something more serious.

[paulus 26]

I've actually seen two dogs with this injury Paulus, and whilst not wanting to be a scare monger, you'd never have suspected that they had actually broken/chipped the bones in their neck. I've also seen an apparently healthy dog keel over and die whilst striking a rabbit in the day time: now this is only an educated guess, so not substantiated by medical examination, but the dog in question had had a bad fall the previous night on the lamp. Seemed a bit reluctant to turn her head to the right, but eating as normal and walking about. When we asked the bone man about what had happened he told us that he'd seen quite few dogs which had been brought to him as having a 'trapped nerve' and turned out to be broken bone in neck. You hear about people walking around with a broken neck for days, then getting taken to hospital for something different, which is when the neck damage is found. It only takes a slight wrong move to end up dead if the bone is already cracked or broken.

Please don't think I'm all doom and gloom, the OP's dog could well have a torn muscle, bad bruising or any number of things, but I'd still get it seen to just in case it is something more serious.

took a bull cross to Richard Torr once that couldn't move its head from side to side only up and down. that had bust that uv joint bone at the top of its neck years before, most of these injuries are caused by a blow forcing the head down suddenly, this one had hit a tree, the dogs i have seen with neck injuries tend to pull their head into the neck rather than in this case, extending its neck outwards, the breathing and bloodshot eyes could also indicate a run that has pushed the dog over its limit and a subsequent injury is causing the pain, but again without physically seeing the dog this is all just discusion

[sandymere 8,263]

Likely a muscle but I would take it to the vet to check proper diagnosis is important, hopefully it will just be some reassurance and a bill but any suspicion of possible fracture will only be identified by x-ray. Even in the worse case non surgical intervention can be very successful, just a neck collar etc.

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[MoChara 1,632]

Likely a muscle but I would take it to the vet to check proper diagnosis is important, hopefully it will just be some reassurance and a bill but any suspicion of possible fracture will only be identified by x-ray. Even in the worse case non surgical intervention can be very successful, just a neck collar etc.

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100% right. When the vet first looked at my dog, she was all for sending me 100 miles up the country to a proper neck/ spine specialist, because she couldnt identify straight away if it was neck or spinal injury.

 

Very thankful it was a muscular injury, although around a year after that he did end up hurting his bloody spine after all.! (how unlucky)

 

Ok in the end you may be sat with a healthy dog and a large dent in your wallet. But definatly better safe than sorry, it could be not as bad as it looks at the time OR it could be alot more serious. Only one way to find out is to go get the dog checked over.

 

Hope the dogs alright Haymin.! Good luck

[haymin 2,465]

 

 

Get dog to good bone man asap and for God's sake don't try and manipulate yourself or you could end up with a dead dog: sharp twisting the neck is NOT a good idea unless you are trained as an osteopath or chiropractor.

 

A not uncommon injury is to the 'peg' of the atlas bone, which can get chipped or even broken off if the dog crashes into something. Obviously this could be a very serious problem indeed, which is why painkillers etc are pointless as anything other than getting the dog more comfortable, but in this case, masking the pain could be very dangerous. Get the dog seen to professionally.

given the dog was injured the night before and the post was made after 2pm the next afternoon, its safe to assume the dog has been moving,feeding,drinking,sneezing,head and body shaking since then. a dog with a broken neck will tend to tense and not want to move as a natural reaction to the injury. nobody mentioned sharp either,

the dog is eating stretching drinking , I never twisted her or stretched her . I was easy with her she's .better today could just be stavved , ill be getting her chequed out obviously thanks for every ones input ?