fibula injury

[Joe1888 672]

my dugs were running in the snow, my bitch seemed ok at the time then later she wouldnt put weight on her back right leg. i think its the fibula area? good leg is solid, up the back of the leg injured one is swollen in the area and moves. going to get her into the vets tomorrow. i never notice it at first, kicking myself i missed it. looked her over and thought a few days rest would be ok. she was ok untill later in the day, was fine all the way back to the car. anyone experienced this before?

 

edit: common calcaneail tendan???

[Ferretman65 2,177]

13 minutes ago, Joe1888 said:

my dugs were running in the snow, my bitch seemed ok at the time then later she wouldnt put weight on her back right leg. i think its the fibula area? good leg is solid, up the back of the leg injured one is swollen in the area and moves. going to get her into the vets tomorrow. i never notice it at first, kicking myself i missed it. looked her over and thought a few days rest would be ok. she was ok untill later in the day, was fine all the way back to the car. anyone experienced this before?

 

edit: common calcaneail tendan???

Can't see it [BANNED TEXT] looks like hock lnjury there hope everything goes OK for you 

[Joe1888 672]

its like a snapped  achilles tendon

[sandymere 8,263]

Difficult to tell much from photos, vet is best bet, needs a proper hands on examination and then deciding if x-ray needed. 

[nothernlite 18,077]

Take her to the bone man joe before vets might save u a bit of cash good luck

[Joe1888 672]

no bone man around this area that i know of mate.  its not as bad as i expected, metacam and 100% rest. vet reckons its not snapped, i thought it was with how flexable it was compared to the other leg. hopefully shell be good after plenty rest. cheers for the help

[Caravan Monster 323]

3 hours ago, sandymere said:

Difficult to tell much from photos, vet is best bet, needs a proper hands on examination and then deciding if x-ray needed. 

+1 I'm a big fan of boneman / chiropractic type treatment and don't want to sound like I'm slagging them off, but for things like possible torn or detached tendons 100% get an x ray. Mine got a similar looking injury couple of years ago and the greyhound vet didn't have an appointment for a week or so and I took her to a boneman beforehand to get some idea of what I was dealing with. The boneman is a good one and has helped cure some nasty collision injuries in the past and he wouldn't take my money this time, saying it was bad news. I set off to the specialist vet a few days later expecting the x ray would show my young bitch couldn't run again and having to tell him to pts whilst she was under. Turned out it was a common greyhound track tendon injury that would repair 100% with a month lead walk.

When I was at the boneman, there was a traveller lad ahead of me in the queue and he got also was told his coursing dog (that looked like it had seen a lot of action, but was well looked after and obviously also a family pet) wouldn't run again and the lad said he would have to find someone to pts for him. Really got me thinking whether that dog could have run again and seen out his days if he had got a second opinion. 

[sandymere 8,263]

You can tell a lot from a physical examination based on experience, especially with soft tissue injury, but at the end of the day you can't see under the skin and swelling covers many issues  making diagnosis a matter of guessing the most likely. With an x-ray you can see the boney structures to check in depth as it were. Mate saw a bone man who told him his bitch had tendon injury, x-ray showed tibular plateau fracture. Very similar symptoms but very different treatment.