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« on: May 23, 2020, 02:22:54 am » |
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Sketch got her “Achilles” tendon on her back leg severed tonight in the grain on a fluke deal. Got the hog. Fixing to make the 4 hour trek to my vet and he’s gonna try to do what he can for her. I have seen a few posts about this. Just want to know what yalls experience with it has been. Seems I’ve seen some mixed outcomes on here. My vet is as good as there is in my opinion, reason I’m making this drive, but even he gave it to me straight, it’s a shot in the dark. Fingers crossed, this dog is all I’ve got left and my simple life revolves around her most days.
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2020, 03:00:47 am » |
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Hope it works out for you and your dog...keep us posted so we can learn about this type of injury...I got a good pups tendon severed years ago and vet couldn’t help him...
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2020, 06:48:33 am » |
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I hate to hear that slim. You've had some bad luck with your dogs. I hate it for you bud. On the plus side, even if it isn't able to be repaired, there are more 3 legged working dogs out there than one might think. I knew old man in Louisiana once that ran deer dogs. His fastest dog was a 3 legged gyp according to him, and he was always a pretty straight up guy. A buddy of mine got mine old Yonder female and had to ha e her back leg amputated because of rupturing her Achilles. He was baying hogs solo with her the day after she came home from the vet. So it isn't a death sentence just an alteration. Plus she could still raise pups. Good luck!
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2020, 09:05:33 am » |
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There is a recent post about this. My best gyp cut hers back in March. Took her to 2 vets both said it wasn’t worth trying and I really wish I would’ve found somebody to work on it anyways. Good luck with your gyp.
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2020, 10:24:14 am » |
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There is a recent post about this. My best gyp cut hers back in March. Took her to 2 vets both said it wasn’t worth trying and I really wish I would’ve found somebody to work on it anyways. Good luck with your gyp.
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Man I called every vet in the coastal bend area. Nobody would touch it for less than a grand and even then everybody said they’d rather not. I got suggested A&M or a Ortho specialist in San Antonio.i called Kurt Kainer out Of Weimar Texas who I’ve used for years. He told me no promises, but for $250 he would do all he could. I just left his office. He managed to find both ends and get it sewed back together. She’s got a cast for the next month and then some slow and serious rehab after, but we’re confident. If you are ever in need of a vet, and you can hold that dog on long enough to make it to Weimar Texas, you would be a fool to not call this man. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2020, 03:51:16 pm » |
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Slim I’ll keep that in mind. I really wished I’d kept trying as I lost including her and my other 2 older strike dogs since March. I’m starting all over basically. It’s been a rough go here lately.
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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2020, 04:11:29 pm » |
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Slim I’ll keep that in mind. I really wished I’d kept trying as I lost including her and my other 2 older strike dogs since March. I’m starting all over basically. It’s been a rough go here lately.
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Man I feel ya. Lost a 1.5 year old gyp that was set to be my best dog(puppy out of this sketch gyp) by years end, and another solid strike dog this year already. And now I’ve got this mess to deal with. When it rains, it pours around here Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2020, 07:03:14 am » |
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I hope she heals up for you you sure have had some bad luck lately
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« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2020, 11:47:12 am » |
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 There’s the hog that done it. 160 lbs maybe. Not even sure how it happened because I never heard them try him. Baying and shooting in the grain at night is pretty dang challenging.  Then we go put sketch up on the truck, kick rocky down again in a Mott and he goes up a little ways and starts barking on the brush line off the road. It’s a bunch of Indian grass so we rolled up thinking it was a hog laid up. Cut the buggy off and I get 2 steps off the road and I heard him. About a 3 ft rattle snake, some how he didn’t get rocky but it was damn close. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2020, 11:50:05 am » |
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 Her pride is hurt and she ain’t a fan of the cast. But she is on the mend Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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sure hope it works for her man,,, the good ones seem to have the bad luck for sure...
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Looks like your not her favorite no more....lol her look definitely says it all....lol hope she heals.
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Thanks for all the well wishes guys. She is back to her usual self as far as attitude and spunk. We will see how it heals up and I’ll surely keep this post updated.
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Thanks for all the well wishes guys. She is back to her usual self as far as attitude and spunk. We will see how it heals up and I’ll surely keep this post updated.
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Good deal...hope she recovers completely... She’s a good looking gyp...is she a Kemmer cross? |
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Thanks for all the well wishes guys. She is back to her usual self as far as attitude and spunk. We will see how it heals up and I’ll surely keep this post updated.
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Good deal...hope she recovers completely... She’s a good looking gyp...is she a Kemmer cross? No sir. Reuben this is the gyp I bayed in Nixon that day we met. She goes back to some original tater blood from Monty Bennet and some leopard looking dogs out of Oklahoma(I got the dogs names, but never able to track down who actually owned the dogs) and a little bit of Mike Bolen’s blood. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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sure hope she heals up for you.
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 Cast came off Monday after 16 days. Looks okay. She has used it a few times, definitely reacts to pain when she has. Vet said there’s gonna be some scar tissue build up between the ligament and the muscle and skin, and breaking that scar tissue loose is probably going to take a while and be a little painful. Keeping her on a 1/2 cc of dex a day to keep swelling down and still have her penned up in a crate in my office at the ranch. Talking currently about starting to swim her some in another few weeks to help with rehab once she starts using it to walk travel some. Low impact resistance training. My vet has never done this ligament repair like this and doesn’t know any other vets that’s have done it. So we’re really interested to see how it all plays out. Brainstorming on what we can do to help this along. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Slim I don't know if you've ever had a cast on or not. I have more than once and can tell you that all kinds of stuff contracts and has to be stretched back out after any length of time. My right arm hurt so bad when they took the cast off that I wanted them to put it back on. It took weeks before I could straighten it back out anywhere near normal. I can't imagine it would be any different for her. That swimming will probably be good for her.
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You might actually try helping her stretch it a little everyday. You'll be able to tell how far to push it.
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