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Do you have questions regarding the health of your greyhound? Do you need tips what you should feed your dog? Or do you need advice in curing an injury?
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Paul Matthews Australia (Verified User) Posts 1854 Dogs 73 / Races 22 12 May 2014 09:05
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Hi all I have a dog with a knob the size of a mandarin on his elbow.
It was there upon return from breakin facility.
Like a pressure sore/sack. Asked vet about it some time ago he said it was the dogs natural response to lying on hard ground to provide padding and he said it should go once provided with a softer place to sleep.
I originally drained a lot of blood out of it and kept coming back. Had him with a trainer who drained lazered and injected it with anti inflammatory iced and it went away. But trainer said it came back just resently.
Dog is back home trialled great today but would love to see how much quicker he could go with out it anyone have personal experience with the same problem.
Seems now it is manly solid soft stuff not blood.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 12 May 2014 09:17
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Paul, it can often be a small tear in a shoulder muscle, with blood draining down and collecting at the elbow. It will recur unless the injury is located and fixed. Does he have a track leg as well, by any chance ?
Corey ODonnell Australia (Verified User) Posts 505 Dogs 27 / Races 4 12 May 2014 09:28
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I had a dog that kept getting the same thing had drains and all put in had no luck had scans and everything mate
Richard Vrckoff Australia (Verified User) Posts 681 Dogs 1 / Races 0 12 May 2014 09:50
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I had a brood bitch here that had 1... I put her on antibiotics & it healed up fine
Paul Matthews Australia (Verified User) Posts 1854 Dogs 73 / Races 22 12 May 2014 10:07
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Carole Brown wrote:
Paul, it can often be a small tear in a shoulder muscle, with blood draining down and collecting at the elbow. It will recur unless the injury is located and fixed. Does he have a track leg as well, by any chance ?
High carol no track leg have had the shoulder checked for tears before nothing.That was my first thought also that it was blood from a tear. Rich have tried anti biotics before also, a friend just gave me a tip to use phlegmon so I am going to give that a go.
He said it has worked on the same thing twice the size. I will let anyone interested now it goes.
Thanks guys and gals
John Marriott United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 581 Dogs 24 / Races 4 12 May 2014 11:25
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Carole Brown wrote:
Paul, it can often be a small tear in a shoulder muscle, with blood draining down and collecting at the elbow. It will recur unless the injury is located and fixed. Does he have a track leg as well, by any chance ?
Paul,
More likely BURSITIS. Your VET is correct.
It is a little sack of fluid, probably a reaction to a very tiny fragment of bone having been knocked off when flopping down on to a hard surface.
I had a dog who ran fine with it, used to drain it before he ran, even did a TR. Have known others as well, dogs run with no problem, although the sack of fluid will generally re-appear afterwards and it can take some considerable time before it stops happening.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 12 May 2014 11:28
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John, my hubby has cleared up a few like this for other trainers, and from his experience, it has always been a tear in a shoulder muscle draining down.
Do you have questions regarding the health of your greyhound? Do you need tips what you should feed your dog?
