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Toe Removed
Robert Weightman Australia (Verified User) Posts 105 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 May 2017 01:32
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Hi I have a bitch who has just had her left back 2nd toe in removed what are my chances of me getting her back to racing and is there any chance she will get back too or close to full fitness? Cheers
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1954 Dogs 56 / Races 2 22 May 2017 07:59
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i have seen them come back from a removed toe. but i currently have one that was breaking in a rocketship short courser that sprung a front inside toe which had to be removed and she has lost a significant amount of speed and it would be a injustice to start her.
Robert Weightman Australia (Verified User) Posts 105 Dogs 0 / Races 0 22 May 2017 21:19
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Thanks Matt ill give her every chance because she loves to race, I was just wondering if dogs can get back too normal or they just lose too much pace.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 22 May 2017 21:32
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Robert, if the stewards still let you, you can use a bit of rubber cut from an inner tube of a bicycle tyre to keep the toes from spreading when the dog is racing. It adds a bit more support for the other toes.
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1954 Dogs 56 / Races 2 23 May 2017 02:00
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I know in nsw you can still use a toe band. It also works very good with split webbings.
Your dog might return as good as ever. But my one is extremely unlikely to ever come back mainly cause it really effects her on the corners.
Robert Weightman Australia (Verified User) Posts 105 Dogs 0 / Races 0 23 May 2017 04:39
Hi everyone i am following here your debate..have a similar problem with my female only its front outside toe injury - repeated twice already and the vet suggested amputation...must say i am not found of it ,have done it once and was never the same afterwards ..
since here in europe we are not so advanced in this would be grateful if one could describe me how to manage the toe with the cycling inner tube mentioned here..i read a lot about it on forum but somehow can not picture it how that looks in reality..anyone can post a picture maybe? thanks for any response xx
Matt Griffiths Australia (Verified User) Posts 1954 Dogs 56 / Races 2 13 Jun 2017 22:14
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you might have to use a bike tube cut to about 3mm thickness over the whole foot. the inside and outside toes are a lot more difficult to band successfully then the middle two.
thanks James. will try and see what i can do. any tips on any other option beside bike tube that could work well? x
John Marriott United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 581 Dogs 24 / Races 4 15 Jun 2017 19:46
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NATASA RIHAR wrote:
Hi everyone i am following here your debate..have a similar problem with my female only its front outside toe injury - repeated twice already and the vet suggested amputation...must say i am not found of it ,have done it once and was never the same afterwards ..
since here in europe we are not so advanced in this would be grateful if one could describe me how to manage the toe with the cycling inner tube mentioned here.
I have just had a bitch have the front right outside toe removed, six weeks later she is trialing back very well (as good as ever so far - she is an A1 winning/open race bitch) so hopefully you will have the same result.
Carole Brown Australia (Verified User) Posts 32355 Dogs 185 / Races 2 15 Jun 2017 23:43
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Natasa, a thick rubber band may do the same job, as long as it isn't too tight. The main aim is to stop the toe from spreading when the dog runs, and hopefully minimise any further injury to the toe. You may also be able to get a competent dog vet to inject the toe for you, and/or also treat it with Zheng Gu Shui, the one for bones.
thanks Carole, going to talk to our vet now if he can do it...definitely am trying to avoid amputation if possible, didnt work well with the older female,though i heard many positive stories also, unfortunately mine wasnt one of them
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