Broken Toe - Page 1

Hello everyone,

Just looking for some advice.. my 4 year old GSD broke his back right toe the other day. Vet recommended 2 weeks ristricted activity/crate rest. No pain meds, no bandage, etc. 

Has anyone experienced a broken toe on their dog before? If so, what was the outcome? How much did you let them walk around? He is currently in an x-pen and is not so happy about it (he is a companion dog who is loose the majority of the time in the home).

Any information would be wonderful and super helpful!

Yes, I have a broken back toe x-ray and story to share, and I can say, the pup is fine now, who broke his toe... see him in Baby Rhino thread.

Here is the thread with the xray of when he did it, on Christmas Eve....https://www.pedigreedatabase.com/forum.read?mnr=658542-home-with-beau&pagen=8

Did you allow him to self limit in the home? Or did you contain him in a crate/x-pen?

Looks like he also pulled a muscle while doing too.. poor guy.

Your pups looks adorable and I am happy all was well! :) Thanks for sharing!

You know, that is exactly what he did... all he wanted to do was lie down ... in his favorite spot, and be left alone ... for about two days.

He was only on the anti-inflammatory med from the vet...(on the Monday), the vet said really, it was for, and because of the concern that we wanted the swelling to go down, so the bone could heal on its own properly.

Thanks for your nice words about my rhino pup. He's a sweet heart. Not a manstopper at all.

You don't necessarily have to keep him crated or x-penned all the time--you just need to be able to restrict his activity, not immobilize him. <G>  When you're home, there's no reason he can't loose, UNLESS he's the type of dog [as many dogs are] who will entertain himself by throwing his toys around the room and pouncing on them, or snatch a ball up and start prance/capering about with it in his mouth as he snakes his head around...If he's that sort of fellow [my favorite type, frankly!], then you'll need to be a bit more restrictive, and keep him on a leash when he's not crated/x-penned--but that still at least puts him lying next to you instead of across the room in the crate/pen, and that's usually what they want most anyway.

This is a good opportunity to teach nose-work activities and try out clicker-training [see "101 Things to Do With a Box"], which will keep his mind occupied and foster interaction with you in lieu of the usual ball playing he's going to need to do without for a while. That's the hard part of something like a broken toe in a dog--keeping them from getting bored at the same time you're trying to give one of their body parts time to heal.

He should be fine, though he'll likely develop some degree of arthritis in the affected toe in his later years.
 

bee, I wouldn't bank on the baby rhino not being a 'manstopper'...I have a feeling that once he fully matures, he's likely to do a pretty good job of dissuading anyone who doesn't belong near his people if they've got less than good intentions.    He is a handsome fella, that's for sure!

My pup broke his two middle front toes at twelve weeks old.  Crate rest and just out on a leash to do is business.  To let him out of the crate in the house I put my other dog in her crate so as not to get him going.  Kept a close eye on him and then back to crate after some time out of it.  He also had Pano in the rear left leg at that age and was on pain meds as he wasn't eating due to pain so both legs at once was not good.  But, he healed with no issues from broken toes. 

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/forum.read?mnr=641375-broken-toe-can-you-do-anything#645392

You might find this thred helpful also, from last July.  Sorry can't do hyperlink, someone else may help ?