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Post by dave lonergan on Feb 16, 2012 5:33:55 GMT 10
hi tom
had a 16 month old bitch out in the run today for 2 hours...kenneled her up and took her walking later on in day and noticed she was holding her right hind leg up and hopping when i let her off the lead...at first i thought was a toe she banged...but as i lifted her leg up to look she yelped so i ran my fingers along the gracillius i guess to where it meets the calf and felt what i think was a bone or hard knot which was very sore to any kind of minimal pressure as i pushed the bone or knot toward her head.....i put her in a tub of cold water 3 times 15 mins at a time so area was covered with cold...i will wait and see next few days but what do you think?
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Post by Tom Meulman on Feb 16, 2012 18:29:07 GMT 10
Hi Dave,
Sorry mate but it certainly sounds like she has torn part of the Gracilis at the insertion and needs to be seen by an experienced greyhound Veterinarian ASAP.
She is very young to have this type of injury occur as this is more likely to happen to racing greyhounds over 3 years of age.
In most instances this type of injury requires an operation to repair the damage and to minimise scar tissue for a greyhound to return to racing successfully.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by dave lonergan on Feb 16, 2012 21:12:44 GMT 10
i examined it a little more closely today i think you are right... its at the point where gracillus ends nd if i touch her just a little toward the outer side she is way more sensitive to touch rather then toward the middle..she is a very hyper bitch and never stops running and jumping in the run...she was in there with a 78 lb dog mybe he collided with her messing about....well i'll have her examined soon as ican and will let you know....thanks for your help once again
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Post by dave lonergan on Mar 26, 2014 15:30:13 GMT 10
you were right again Tom...was torn... I had her rehomed and now is in the Czech Republic
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Post by Tom Meulman on Mar 27, 2014 5:05:03 GMT 10
Thanks for the update Dave.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by BILL on Jun 22, 2017 0:22:28 GMT 10
hi tom when I go through my stretching procedure on my greyhound he is very uncomfortable with one of them .when I place my hand around his right rear foot and stretch his rear leg forward towards his right elbow he is very uncomftable and fights me to put his leg back down when I do the same stretching procedure on his left rear leg their is no problem what do you think could be the problem and how should I treat it as I have noticed that he has lost a bit of early pace and slightly drift out coming out of the bend when racing .
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Post by Tom Meulman on Jun 23, 2017 13:46:46 GMT 10
Hi Bill,
Pain on that stretching procedure is very likely to be caused by damage in the back muscle and or hamstring (graciilis, semitendinosus) or due to damage resulting in scar tissue in the back muscle causing some tearing in the junction between the two.
Either way this is an injury that is highly likely to result in further damage if the greyhound continues to run and race that would be severe enough to cause the end of a racing career, for that reason my advice would be to have that limb carefully looked at by a veterinarian experienced in greyhound racing injuries.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by BILL on Apr 10, 2020 22:25:43 GMT 10
Hi Tom I have a bitch who has a problem in the right hand hock in the tendon of the tibialis anticus\extensor pedis area when I place pressure on that area with my thumb she yelps and when I palpitate the hock by placing my right hand under her foot and my left hand on her knee and compress it together and release it she yelps and will not place her foot on the ground can you tell me what I need to do to fix this problem I think it was caused in a race when a dog fell in front of her and she knocked herself on the falling dog as she jumped over the dog or she landed awkwardly on the hock after jumping over the dog
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Post by Tom Meulman on Apr 11, 2020 7:33:41 GMT 10
Hi Tom I have a bitch who has a problem in the right hand hock in the tendon of the tibialis anticus\extensor pedis area when I place pressure on that area with my thumb she yelps and when I palpitate the hock by placing my right hand under her foot and my left hand on her knee and compress it together and release it she yelps and will not place her foot on the ground can you tell me what I need to do to fix this problem I think it was caused in a race when a dog fell in front of her and she knocked herself on the falling dog as she jumped over the dog or she landed awkwardly on the hock after jumping over the dog Hi Bill, I don’t really think there is much of a choice other than to have an X-ray done of the hock area to rule out the possibility of a hairline or slab fracture in one of the hock bones. This should also give you some indication of the state of the ligaments that hold the hock joint together. Then the most likely treatment will be a light blister and sufficient time off to heal whatever the damage turns out to be. Cheers, Tom |
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