He doesnt say how old the injury is, making me think its not broken otherwise he would know if it could run surely? Hence my question of it being injured and just taking time to heal. The dog will be in serious pain as I said if its broken, I never mentioned after it had healed, as I said if it had healed he would know if the dog was able to run or not. Splinting is fine, but he also hasnt mentioned doing this, so one can only read what is in front of them and draw conclusion from that.