Hello! My corgi pup broke his toe on left front paw on June 11, was splinted, splint came off July 26th (6.5 weeks). I’ve noticed he’s limping a little. His from paw appears to be somewhat smaller than the other 3, and the paw looks a little loose or floppy. He does bear weight on his entire leg, he moves good, and he doesn’t excessive lick or anything, doesn’t appear to be in any pain. Wondering what I can expect from recover and are these things normal? Will his paw/leg get back to normal and why is it floppy? Any types or advice would be nice! Does he need PT or to swim or anything? Thank

My pet had valgus deformation and was treated with immobilisation with stilts. Regular change of bandages was done as the pet was irritated and kept tearing his bandages. After 6 weeks we finally removed stilts and put him on crepe bandage. The carpel joints seem soft and without much change from the initial status. How do we manage him now? Is the curvature in joints likely to change with time. Should I start his walks?

My dog Allie broke her front paw four weeks ago, she’s been on a splint since then with weekly visits. Today she chewed her splint off. She seems to be standing on it fine, she does limp when she walks and lifts her paw up like she did when she had the splint on. Should she be ok without the splint back or should I call the vet to try and get her in??

my dog fractured her back leg and she was placed in a cast for about a week before pulling the supporting straps off and the cast fell off, she then had a second cast put on being fiberglass but that only lasted 5 days as she pulled the supporting straps off... this is costing me alot of money each trip to vet, she will not have a cone around her as she will get that off to.. any suggestions on how we can keep the cast on for the full term.

My 6-month-old Toy Poodle broke his leg recently from jumping off the couch. He has been in a splint for weeks. At the end of the fourth re-bandaging session, the nurse assured us the splint and bandage would be coming off next week. Upon arrival next week, however, we found that the splint was removed, but not the bandage. My husband, convinced the vets just wanted an extra 25$ for removal, proceeded upon arriving home to remove the bandage himself. Our puppy seems to be walking on it just fine, but it is worryingly and kind of grossly skinny. He spent a good 30 minutes licking it and pauses to do so every now again. But what I am most worried about is that his leg seems very red and irritated. I had noticed earlier in the week some redness peeping up from the top of the bandage, and that the cast has been rising steadily with each change to cover the redness. I'm very concerned about his leg and whether it was the correct decision to remove the bandage,

my 8 yr old Doberman stepped in a hole when running and snapped her radius and alna emergency splinted it, they aligned it best they could surgery was recommended but I cant afford it so I kept it splinted for 8 weeks checking once a week its seems to be healed good now but the paw is swollen and seems to be a little immobile at paw joint, i am wanting advice on rehabbing it at home

My dog Juneau fractured her growth plate at her "ankle". She had a splint on for 6 weeks and just got it off 3 days ago. She is trying to use the leg often but it is clearly weak at the moment because of the muscle atrophy in the past 6 weeks. My concern comes when she walks now.. the ankle sort of buckles sideways a bit. Is this something that will get better and more stable as the muscles strengthens?

My 4 year old GSD broke her toe as soon as we moved into a new place with a big backyard. We're not exactly sure how but my best guess is that she hit it extremely hard on the doorframe. It's broken in 3 places but my vet is confident it will heal over 6-8 weeks in a splint. Two weeks later we've been getting check-ups once a week and changed the bandage once. The second week visit the vet says that the cast is clean and dry and doesn't need to be changed again until the next week. My dog is a chronic licker to literally everything and any e collar is too short for he long face so I bought waterproof socks and put that over her cast, changing them out regularly. 4 days later I notice an odor and brown discharge coming from the splint and took my dog in for an emergency vet visit. They took off the bandage and her whole foot was badly infected with major damage to her paw pad. Another vet in the clinic (since my vet wasn't in that day) did an emergency cleaning and suture, managing to get it sewn up despite the small amount of skin in the area. We're told to come back two days later and that's today. My vet who originally treated my dog immediately came at me like it was my fault despite my history of keeping the bandage clean and dry before and not having any issues. I am really surprised an infection that bad occurred in 4 days or practically overnight since I was constantly checking her bandage. Thankfully it's healing up and we went home but now it's slightly damp from her sneaking a lick or two in while I turned my back. My vet instructed me to cut off the bandage if I thought there was an issue but not what to do after that. I've been covering the bandage with baby powder any time I feel moisture but I'm worried that's not enough. I am worried sick for my dog and don't want her to lose her foot but I'm at a loss of what to do until our next vet appointment on Wednesday. Part of me wonders if the infection started before the 2nd vet appointment and it was just missed by the vet since he didn't take the bandage off to look at her foot but I honestly know nothing about infections in dogs so it could have just happened that fast. After her treatment is over, I'm definitely requesting the vet who did the emergency surgery from now on. She was comforting and polite but still firm and honest about what needed to be done.

My 12 week old F1 Goldendoodle sustained complete fractures of her 3,4,5 metatarsals on her left hind leg. She was taken to an emergency vet and a hard cast was placed under sedation within the hour of the injury. Since the accident, she has been on crate rest and/or walled off in a small area of our home. How often should she be checked out with the Vet for re-casting and x-rays to assess proper healing? Would surgery be indicated instead of serial casts? She is a growing puppy and unsure how either approach will affect her growth, and/or create risk to her other bones and joints that must compensate for her bum leg.