Injured Lurcher

[ritz 1]

Have a lurcher here she ripped her stopper pad on her front leg ah while back! But everything i run her it keeps ripping ! Any advice cause its after happing to the other leg Thanks:)

[jcm 2,327]

Let it heal for longer mate Untill it had totaly healed up

[snoopdog 1,256]

Have a lurcher here she ripped her stopper pad on her front leg ah while back! But everything i run her it keeps ripping ! Any advice cause its after happing to the other leg Thanks:)

best thing you could do is give it to your granny .and get a budgie .

[alan81 110]

you could wrap some boxing bandage around her stoppers when your going to run her. I had a bitch who ripped her stoppers so they were barely hanging on so I cut them off, I know that sounds bad but they were just hanging on by skin. she never had a problem with them again.

[ritz 1]

Thanks lads

[tote 856]

Get yourself some vetrap mate.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vetrap-Bandaging-Tape-Hunter-Green/dp/B0009V63U6

[tjones3862 3,423]

iff the stopper his; half cut, like hinge, so to speak,,, get it to a run dog vet,,and get it cut off on the hinge part of the cut stopper,,,normal daft vets will say let it heel,,,,,it will allways come open,,,,thats iff the stopper his how I described,,, yours mite not be has bad,,,

Edited October 10, 2013 by tjones3862

[skycat 6,173]

iff the stopper his; half cut, like hinge, so to speak,,, get it to a run dog vet,,and get it cut off on the hinge part of the cut stopper,,,normal daft vets will say let it heel,,,,,it will allways come open,,,,thats iff the stopper his how I described,,, yours mite not be has bad,,,

Yes, once they've been ripped half off they never stand up to hard pounding again: always open up along the scar, which is less elastic than the original tissue. Only thing is once they have no stoppers you may have to bind up the place with vet wrap before running them, with a bit of sponge where the stopper used to be, or they can get tendon damage if run on bad ground.

[oddser 79]

stopper pad is there to protect the stopper bone so if its gone then you need to run with it taped up if stopper bone gets damaged it can be the end for the dog as its one of the worst injuries dog can get

[brenna 365]

Greyhound men use stockholm blacktar its used on horses hooves it dries on stoppers like leather helps them heal lot quicker any good horse supply shop should stock it tenner for a jar

[sailor30 658]

some bandage and tape does the job

[ritz 1]

Thanks lads where can i get the vetrap

[ritz 1]

The cut is very bad on one leg ripped up most of the way !