Dogs Broken Toe

[Squirrel_Basher 17,102]

Just to put this in perspective ,there are many lurchers every year that break toes that the owners never know about ,puting it down to a strain of one muscle or another.A few weeks off and they are back .Im not saying this is the way to go but cage rest will not alter the set of a toe ,neither will a bandage .The toe will be 'cocked 'forever but will not hinder the dog in any way .Just go easy on the dog now you know its happened but no need for pampering to the extreme .From experience and not books .

 

The bones will take at least a fortnight to begin to nit well and this will be helped by minimal disturbance during this time, as the are multiple fragments the better they nit the less the long term callus and so the better the outcome. There is a differnece between a kocked up toe and a shattered one. If there are " many lurchers every year that break toes that the owners never know about ,puting it down to a strain of one muscle or another" they are poor stock men. Two weeks of rest, and a cage ensures this as far as possible, isn't such a big investment if you expect the dog to make the best possible recovery. Remember that a ruuning dogs feet are subjected to forces beyound those that they were designed for. From experience and books. But again get advice from an expert.

I was a bit rash in my statement considering the damage , but ill wager you have missed a break or two yourself .Some running dogs wont even show a limp .Its only the cocked toe that gives it away .Again from experience and not books .

Im not talking about my own stockmanship but from observation of old style coursing dogs .