Accident Or Fight ??

[DanielG 279]

Hello Gents

 

last week my 7.5 month old pup hurt his back leg close to his knee.

I was walking along a footpath in the afternoon through a barley field when a muntjac got up and ran by us towards the wood. the pup gave chase,i tried to call him back but no chance.

I followed where he went and saw him the other side of the wood.

he couldnt walk .

so i carried him home 26 kilos so was a feckin struggle.

after a few minutes i sat him down for a rest and after, he could walk on 3 legs,but i still carried him half the time .

i checked him over at home and couldnt feel anything broken RELIEF .I then headed for the vets.to make sure.

He was sure he had only bruised his muscle,gave him a injection and some liquid pain killer to take home.

its been 4 days now and he isnt limping anymore THANK GOD.

Do you reckon he hit something in the woods or the munty butted him ??

There wasnt any blood just a swollen muscle near the back knee.

 

 

[DanielG 279]

Could be anything but if there was no cuts then most likely banged it on something, lucky it wasn't a break. Atb Joe

cheers joe ,makes sense !

its lucky hes a well built dog ,could of been much worse.he seemed like he had concussion at the time as well

[tb25 4,626]

A dangerous place is the woods when a dog's up the arse of something..

[arcticgun 4,548]

Good advice max ?

[DanielG 279]

The pup has more than likely suffered a tibia crest injury ( growth plate ).

Quite common in running dog pups/saplings.

The injury can occurs in varying degrees from a bruise to it been Totaly detatched.

They can do it just twisting and turning or by bumping into something.

A object or another dog.

The harder the ground the more chance of it happening.

The growth plates are not set till somewhere between 12 - 14 months old.

 

Best keep that pup quiet for a month

 

Ie lead walks' no free running and kept by itself in a kennel and run if poss so not able to jump around with other dogs.

 

Goodluck.

cheers that is a concern of mine

but would he still be limping badly, if he had dameged his growth plate ?

[DanielG 279]

cheers

 

The pup has probably just bruised or maybe even strained/tweaked the tibia crest.

Honestly' but most don't have the Pactience .
I'd def only lead walk it with no free running whatsoever for a month minimum.
Maybe two month and Kenneled solo.

I'd also buy some Bone Radiol ( blue label )

Dip a tooth brush in and work it around the knee joint up and down' circular motion for 5 mins morn.
5 mins evening
3 days on
3 days off

Do that for two weeks or so.

If the pups just bruised or strained the TC and you keep letting it run it could turn into a full blown
Tibia Crest rupture and you don't want that.

cheers, i will get bone radiol just in case

thanks Dan

[DanielG 279]

Thanks Max

top advice its really appreciated

Dan

[my hounds 307]

I would not mess about I would get him also to a good Canine Chiropracter (bone/muscle person)

[Penda 3,219]

I had a bitch do this the other season around this time by running into a tree her knee cap came up abit and she was on 3 legs for a while I gave her good anti inflammatory and just kennelled her and gave her lead walks for abit til she got stronger took a while but she was running fine come the season no pulling up or anythin like that ?