bow123 1 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 i have a 3/4 grey 1/4 bull . about 7 months ago my dog broke her front toe, i rested her up for about 2 months on medication all looked fine, i slowly got her back into shape but soon as i took her out on the lamp again the toe went back to how it was before. since then ive rested her and tried again but it just keeps giving her problems. ive been told the only thing which could stop this is to have it amputated. is there anyone thats had this problem and had a dog with toes missing? does it have much effect on them after? cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SJM Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 My mate has a bitch with the 2 middle toes removed off one front foot and it has not hampered her much at all, she was a very fast bitch to begin with, she hasnt lost much speed at all, but then she has a huge heart and is very determined I think this is a lot to do with it cos when she walks beside him she hops on 3 legs and only runs on all 4 when something gets up, if you look back through my topics its the one about 4 retreives you will see a pic of her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bow123 1 Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 cheers for that its one of the middle toes im going to wait and give it another chance but dont think it will help. has anyone had this problem and its ever got better over time? cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BULL 99 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 ive had two dogs with toes off (middle toes) it affected niether at all ,there feet tend to splay alot more ,speed didnt seem to be affected ,but if ran on stubble can make that foot sore moreso than the others Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billy badger 0 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Ive got a nearly pure grey (she's got a tiny bit of bull in her) She broke the outside toe on her front left paw whilst out ferreting one day, i took her to one vets and they reset the toe and bandaged it all up etc. Then i had the same problem as you, got her back to reasonable fitness but as soon as she coursed a rabbit it went back to how it was before. Any way, i took her to another vets where they said that she should of had it took off the first time as the problem will keep on recurring if she is being 'worked'. She has since had the toe removed and is just as good as she was before in every aspect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiff 36 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 my older bitch shattered one of her outside toes on her turning side, the vet took it off all the way back and she has not been hampered at all. She is 1/2 grey so her feet aren't the best, but we were both surprised how well she came out of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ogri 2 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 my dogs toe sort of "collapsed".what i mean is it sort of lies flatter than the others.she did it catching a rabbit in a field that had been roughed up by bullocks and then dried out.no problem at the time but terribly lame the next day.it got a lot better in the following days and weeks to the point that i thought she had got over it.recently however,it has started to play up again.anybody hazzard a guess? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bow123 1 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 its good to see that it ant just a problem for my dog and that when removed it shouldnt effect her hunting ability to much cheers for your replys i think removing it will be best for the dog thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dark snipe 0 Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 BUMP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bow123 1 Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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