Fecking dogs!!!

[Guest chook]

i was speaking to collie grey the night she was going out, and just before she left a wished her a good injury free night, then i got a txt saying what had happened felf gutted for you, , hope she comes good, will catch up shortly,

 

 

Aye you bloody jinxed it didn't ya

 

Seriously though she is doing well, most of her stitches are out now and there are 2 little pink bits that are left and they are closing quick, she will soon be allowed short lead walks to get her back to normal slowly but surely, and here's hoping she makes a full recovery, the only down side right now is that her foot is totally flat and looks splayed, im hoping this will not be the case for the rest of her life or else we have a few toe injuruies in the future!!

 

Friends bitch did the same, unfortunaly her foot is totaly flat and always will be

but it dosent stop her catching anything and she can still shift when she wants to,

it did take quite a number of months to get her back to full fitness though.

[Guest Buttermilk]

Poor girl...it looks sore. Hope she mends quickly.

[Keano 74]

Sorry to here that collie/grey the joys of working dogs know how your feeling wish the bitch a speedy recover atb Keano

[Scallywag 78]

Bad luck, what a shame. As Chook says, my bitch severed all the tendons and an artery in her front leg. Her foot is flat now and she's not so good on very stony terrain or stubble, although she can manage it. She doesn't turn so tight and I've seen her stumble once or twice. Having said all that she's accommodated it really well, still catches and is surprisingly fast - still wins the odd race. In fact I was just looking at a video I shot of her running on the moor today and it's useless because she's moving so fast and out running the dog with her and he's 5 years younger than her! She's a strong dog and although it took a good few months she still more than pulls her weight in my little pack.

[collie/grey 238]

That's very reassuring to hear scallywag! How long would you say it took for your bitch to be fully up and running again?

[Scallywag 78]

Sorry, been busy and only just seen this. She was on lead for three or four months after the injury. I gradually built her up again over the next 4 months. After that she just gradually improved. At first I thought she'd totally lost her cornering but after a couple more months she suddenly seemed to sort it out. She's not back to what she was but I just mooch after rabbits and she does that job nicely and has accidentally done more once or twice...

 

She did it in February 2009. When the dressing first came off it looked terrible and I was very pessimistic -

 

This was her on the beach about ten months later -

[twobob 1,517]

The silly fecker has gone and done all her tendons in on her back foot and the vets must have loved it as they have got £396 out of me at the mo, but she is more than worth it, just means i have no dog to work properly until she is back to norm again which won't be anytime soon with those tendons, i am gutted to say the least, she was just reaching her peak and flying then this happens > Ahwell bloody working dogs for ye :

Not as gory and bad looking as real life, felt like an age stopping the bleeding!

 

Feeling well sorry for herself and i don't blame her!

sorry to hear that same thing happend to a sal/grey bitch i had about 12years ago i think it was about 3/4 month before she started going out again you may be suprised how quick they can adapt to compensate for something like that she still caught rabbits but struggeld a bit with hares i ran her for a season then she went to a lad in stone staffs and he bred from her hope everything turns out ok for you

[collie/grey 238]

Thanks for replying scallywag that has put a downer on things! 7/8 months of no action! I am even more gutted than i was originally. Definately not be back to work this season then, what a piss take! Her main role is tracking roe Really not good to hear this, she isn't putting any weight on the foot and it is just like your dogs foot in the photo when she stands. She is the best bitch i have and can rely on, looks like that is out of the window. I should change my name to crippledogs

[Scallywag 78]

Don't be too downhearted - you probably won't get much out of her this season but she should be fine after that - and I would have thought she'd manage well for tracking. How old is she? If she's a young strong dog she may well surprise you. My dog's foot is still flat but nothing like as bad as that first photo and she can shift herself now!

[collie/grey 238]

Don't be too downhearted - you probably won't get much out of her this season but she should be fine after that - and I would have thought she'd manage well for tracking. How old is she? If she's a young strong dog she may well surprise you. My dog's foot is still flat but nothing like as bad as that first photo and she can shift herself now!

 

 

It just winds me up, every season so far she's had only 3/4s of one due to injury and this one takes the biscuit. Oh she will manage tracking the deer but will she still manage stopping an injured one is the thing She has not long turned 4 year old so i suppose she is still young enough to recover well, i will start lead walking her as soon as she puts weight on the foot.