willbur 3 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 hi me lurcher has come in from the garden not limping or owt but has a mark on the inside of her leg and her leg has almost all gone red ! has anyone had this with there dogs ? ive put a cold compress on her for about 10 mins and she seems fine is walking good drinking and eating ok think its a muscle tear ? vet said if she aint right on monday come in for a check cheers for feed back ! Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Sounds like a torn muscle which has leaked blood beneath the skin. Is it on the inside of the thigh on the hind leg? If it is it is a torn gracillus Keep icing it 3 times a day for at least 3 days. Once the initial 'bruising' has gone you need to massage it to help stop scar tissue. You'll probably also see a difference in the shape of the muscle, depending on how bad an injury it is. You need to allow a month for complete healing: so no running or jumping in the mean time. If you let the dog run before it has healed it will get much worse and hamper the dog a lot when running. Any dog which has had a badly torn gracillus will be a 'short runner' in future: meaning that the muscle, damaged and scarred, won't be as elastic as it was previously. Dog can still work, but won't be able to run well for such a long time, and it will need routine massage to give relief to soreness and stiffness. Quote Link to post
willbur 3 Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 cheers i looked in your book and took the advise cheers, it looks a bit like sunburn not dark red more red/pink and she aint limping ? there is a small mark on the inside of her leg where i think shes hit it could it be a skin pulled away from the muscle ? cheers Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Skin isn't attached to the muscle in the first place, so couldn't have pulled away. The 'bruising' will show as bright pink/red to begin with, then darken like a normal bruise, before eventually fading as the blood gets absorbed by the body. They don't limp with a torn gracillus, when moving in a straight line or slowly: it is the turning which causes the damage, most often seen when an unfit dog launches itself violently to one side when trying to catch, or just losing its footing on slippery ground. Quote Link to post
the big chief 3,099 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 is it on the back leg in the midle Quote Link to post
willbur 3 Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 back top/mid Quote Link to post
the big chief 3,099 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 mine gets them in the midle about the size of a 10p coin mine is because of what they sleep on Quote Link to post
diggermad 153 Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 has she not been stung just an idea cheers DM Quote Link to post
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