crap start to dogs first season

[Guest nitedog]

I had a dog it was a good dog on the lamp kept knocking its front middle toe up got the toe off ended up snaping the next one along I think its a waste ov time and money try geting it pin fired got a few mates had it done it works well

[workindogz 0]

for me if it was a proven dog then you owe it to them to try but if its a young dog and not a pet then pts not worth the expense and time,

a dog is for life not just for christmas only applies with pets , working dogs need to work at the end of the day would you keep a gaurd dog if it kept letting people break into your house or a pointer that just ran in and flushed , no so why keep a running dog that cant run?

but at the end of the day its your dog do want you want to do then no regrets!

[Crow 1]

a dog is for life not just for christmas only applies with pets , working dogs need to work at the end of the day

 

I'd put my neck on the line and say that 90% (or more) of the dogs on here are first and foremost pets!

[Scallywag 78]

There was a thread on this on smoochers not long ago that was more optimistic - several people had dogs who'd had toes removed and recoveredfine. There's probably a lot of variables that influence the outcome but it might work out.

[skycat 6,173]

IMO one of the middle toes is not such a problem as an inside or outside toe: get it removed and good luck. The only thing you need to watch for is running the dog on ground where there are likely to be sharpish bits of twigs/stubble etc until the place is completely healed.

Some greyhound vets will remove the toe but keep the pad attached and stitch it up over the stump to protect what's left: a pet vet is unlikely to do this IMO.

We had to have an outside toe removed on one dog, and the pet vet said that you can't remove at the joint or the place will forever leak synovial fluid: so the top bone was cut in half: I reckon, in my ever so humble opinion that this was the wrong thing to do in a working dog as every time she stubbed what remained of the toe she was in a lot of pain; maybe if the pad had been stitched over the place it would have protected the stub more.

Worth asking a greyhound vet what they think before you get it removed.