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Foot
Jul 23, 2021 16:26:58 GMT 10
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Post by John on Jul 23, 2021 16:26:58 GMT 10
Hi Tom My pup (6months) has swelling on the top of his back foot and is limping after a play in the field He's been to pet vet nothing broken given loxicom He moves his toes with no pain but is limping still after 3 days We have been icing Cheers
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Jul 25, 2021 6:14:39 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Jul 25, 2021 6:14:39 GMT 10
Hi John,
Pretty difficult to pick a cause without being able to carefully examine the pup.
While I know he’s been to see a vet but most of the examination would have concentrated on the area that is actually swollen. However quite often the fluid that shows up under the skin as swelling could be leaking from an injury up higher in the limb.
Its therefore important to carefully check the bones of the leg around the knee area, and from the knee down to the hock. Keeping in mind that you should be able to put a fair amount of pressure on this area without any pain response from the pup. If unsure check the same area on the other hind leg with the same amount of pressure.
The concern would be that common injuries to pups that cause limping includes damage to the growth plate just below the front of the knee, and/or damage to the high fibula found just below the knee on the side of the hind leg, and damage in these areas could easily result in fluid leaking down to and pooling on top of the foot.
Any pain response should be followed up with an X-ray to double check the bone structure.
Cheers, Tom
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Nov 22, 2021 23:35:07 GMT 10
Post by Bill on Nov 22, 2021 23:35:07 GMT 10
Hi Tom i have a dog with a cut underneath the right hand rear leg its not the pad its in the center of the bottom foot every time it heals i give the dog a free gallop and the skin splits open again how can i stop this from re occuring
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Nov 23, 2021 5:23:18 GMT 10
Post by Tom Meulman on Nov 23, 2021 5:23:18 GMT 10
Hi Tom i have a dog with a cut underneath the right hand rear leg its not the pad its in the center of the bottom foot every time it heals i give the dog a free gallop and the skin splits open again how can i stop this from re occuring Hi Bill, I’m sorry mate but that is a real difficult one to fix, and while it may seem such a minor problem, I have seen it cause the retirement of some racing greyhounds. What is actually happening is that the tendon of one of the two main central toes has come away from the center joint, is now acting like a bowstring when the toe is being contracted and under pressure, and is cutting through the skin from the inside. Because it’s extremely difficult to reattach the tendon, and part of the problem being the now poor functioning of the muscle tissue that operates the contracting of the toes, a solution is not easy to find. The only two solutions that have been tried with limited success are: one, to allow the skin in the area to fully heal, and to then use a sclerosing agent such as ethanolamine oleate injected in small quantities along the underside of the skin that has been splitting, create scar tissue, and to hopefully toughen it enough so that it no longer opens up. In some instances it may have to be done a second time for it work. The other option is to release the tension on the skin in that area so that it’s no longer able to be cut by the tendon, and while it may seem a drastic thing to do, the only way to achieve that is to surgically remove the webbing between the two main central toes. While this is a more definite solution you are now left with the long term problem of stopping the cut webbing from splitting further by having to use an elastic band to hold the two toes together whenever the dog is galloped, and the fact that it has weakened the stability of the toes against dislocations. So as you can see the solutions to this problem are not pretty, and you can understand why in some instances it has led to retirement from racing. Cheers, Tom
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