Big Dog Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Guy my Pat/Parson cross got run over with a car this morning when my wife was letting the bantams out. The dog, Nell, picked up the scent of a fox and set of on it across the road. She has serveral fractors to her front left leg and will need a steel plate put in it to get the bone to knit properly. Have any of you ever had anything like this and did it heal back to full strength. My worry is Nell is very athletic and will half kill herself when on a hot scent. She is such a lovely friendly fun dog and is as much my best friend as well as my hunting dog. I field hunt with her more that going to ground. She has track down shot deer for me and it is this style of hunting I bought her for. As a 8 wk pup, she never took her nose of the ground. You can hide nothing on her but she finds it. So I want to make sure she isn't at risk of re-breaking it later. Big Dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Err yes both my collies front legs got broken one by a car and one by getting stuck in rocks. One break cost 2k including plates etc. He was fine and active for about 5 yrs Now 6 yrs later he is on on rymadel permanently and limps after walks he can manage about a mile I'd say happy dog but pretty crippled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Obviously this depends on a great number of factors. The simple answer is bone (once properly healed) is just as strong as it was before, maybe even stronger for a few reasons. The problems you can have with very active dogs is the necessary exercise restriction for 8-12 weeks whilst it heals properly - that's often the hard part. If it's a simple long bone fracture (bone not broken the skin, not many small fragments, no joint involved) then complete recovery is expected. Other things complicate matters, for example a fracture involving a joint will lead to arthritis to a greater or lesser degree later in life. Hope your dog makes a full recovery. Follow your vets advice to the letter, doing too much WILL CAUSE THE SURGERY TO FAIL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 HI Guys. The dog, Nell, is 2 years old. The operation was put of from yesterday until today as when they went the vets went to start they had no steel plates small enough. Appartenly from talking to them yesterday the break is in the best place for recovery. It is not near a joint and the plate will not impede movement. She said there is no promises but it Nell was her dog with this break she woud be very happy as I should have a high % for healing. As you say apache, I have to down scale her life for up to 2 month. In the house I need to keep her is a cage, only let outside with a lead on and I have had to make a gate for the bottom of the stairs as she takes flight about 1/2 way down the stairs and jumps to the ground floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 hope all goes well mate i know i would be devastated if mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dog Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Thanks Guys. The vet called me at 1830hrs to say the steel plate has not arrived so the operation will now be Monday. He assured me it will not negatively impact the healing. As I haven't seen her since Wednesay morning and she was fine then, I am really missing her. Sound silly but she is my best M8 and hunting buddy. Hope the next time I update here she will be home. Ill try to upload a wee picture where she found a deer for me in Sept. BD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hope your dog makes a good recovery. A few days delay (assuming dog getting painkillers and has a support bandage) will make no difference. I would hazard a guess that it's been posted over from Sheffield. Looks a nice little dog (like my Patterdale) but not sure that deer would take much finding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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