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Joanna said:
I was very sorry to hear about poor Woody, Barbara. I do hope he makes a full recovery. That is two nasty shoulder injuries in a very short period of time, I know it goes like that some-times, but may-be we should be ensuring there is an adequate run off when the lure slows before stopping to attempt to minimise such injuries. In people, a dislocated shoulder is very common in rugby players, and is as a direct result of a slam from a burly opponent which is the usual cause. The pile up on the lure seems to be the place where these nasties can happen, and a sudden stop can be a contributing factor. It may be worth all clubs reconsidering their run-offs and lure driving.Any-way, I do hope that you find a good vet who can do the op, there must be some-one out there with the necassary experience.

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I do know what you mean Jo. The lure end can certainly look very scarey at times when you see what they get up to. It's amazing that they walk away from it.

Obviously I don't know about Elvire's accident because I wasn't there. But in Woody's case he was all on his own and just getting ready to pick up the lure. I saw him go down onto his shoulder and then he got up and was on 3 legs. It was sooo simple just like us walking along and twisting an ankle.

If I hadn't seen him do it I wouldn't have believed that such damage could have been caused by such a simple accident.
 
Thanks for all the good wishes folks they really are appreciated. :huggles:

And also for the suggestions of vets who could help. :huggles:

Woody is much better today. His slaves have been attending his every wish and he's now fast asleep on his sheepskin rug in a cage and seems pain free.
 
Just read this Barbara, really sorry, please give Woody some cuddles from me. :huggles:

It's a nightmare of an injury, my Buffy's got extensive ligament damage to the shoulder joint following being kicked by a horse but her's has just left her with a laxity rather than full on dislocation.

My recommendation is Proffesor John Innes at Liverpool Veterinary Hospital who is a specialist in orthopaedics.

http://www.lifelong.ed.ac.uk/cpd/courseinf...john_innes.html

I've also added a list of vets who also specialise in orthopaedics in case there's someone closer to home for you.

http://www.vetindex.co.uk/vetindex/orth_ref.htm

Wishing Woody the best of luck. :luck: :huggles:
 
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Zephyr said:
Andrew Barthomew is a brilliant greyhound vet in Oxford and knows loads about running injuries
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He does, but he still refers dogs with requiring more complicated surgery to another specialist practice somewhere in the Midlands (we did discuss this as a worst-case scenario for G's smashed toe).
 
I was saddened to hear that Woody has just begun such a hard journey Barbara, and you and Alan with him.

From our experiences last year we were left with the following:-

Jean was totally honest in her prognosis for Bandit, and she was proved correct. She was right when she said we could leave it, splint it and let the body heal itself as best it could. There were 'buts' to that, and as I didn't like the buts, and believed that he would be much better off having the op, I went for the op. But as she had told me he would be permanently lame either way, why in the name of God did I have it done? Why did I put him through all that suffering when he was going to be lame anyway?

I know that you can see where I am going with this!!

Sometimes, when we want our dogs to be back to what they are, we have to accept that it is never going to happen; and that we have to be glad that they are still with us. I never realised that it was ever thus with animals until last year; and sometimes being patient and waiting for nature to deal with it is the best course of action. Invasive surgery, unless a vet can give a cast iron guarantee that it will heal the problem without making the dog sick for 6 months with complications and that the remedial surgery will give a sound dog is not something I would ever contemplate, ever again. But that's just me.

My thoughts will be with you, the decision making process over a beloved dog is never an easy one.
 
I think that the leg would be unuseable if we just tried to leave it Carmel. He'd most likely be better off with an amputation. So we have no choice if we are to keep him. Our garden simply isn't suitable for a 3 legged dog there are too many places for it to fall and hurt itself.

Now the skin on the good shoulder has broken down in one place, due to it rubbing on the bandage and he now has a hole in it the size of a thumbnail (I have big thumbnails). At the moment we've stopped this problem getting worse (fingers crossed), but we haven't a clue what's happening under the bandage. :( This and the fact that Sandra doesn't think that it'll stop dislocating once the splints are off has meant that we made the decision to have Sandra operate on Woody this Wednesday. I trust Sandra's ability to make the judgement about the current viablity of the shoulder joint.

Of course he will still be bandaged after the op and we also have to take that into account and it's another reason not to wait. We need to have it done as soon as possible. Stupid really the problem is the dislocated shoulder but there is this secondary problem of the skin which is of more concern now.

What I'm trying to say is that we have to try to ensure that Woody doesn't suffer more than he already is. (Back to your comments Carmel about 6 months recovering from the op). Already we have moved into thoughts of are we being fair to him.
 
Best of luck with Woody's op. I'm sure he's safe in Sandra's hands. She seems very careful to me and pays a lot of attention to detail :luck:
 
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I sincerely wish Woody the very best Barb. Sadly, secondary complications (pressure sores) are often more of a problem than the the primary injury. I think the decision to treat ASAP is absolutely correct and as you have said, a recurrent dislocating joint doesn't improve without intervention. I will be thinking about you and Alan and Woody on Wednesday, and I pray that the outcome is positive. Good luck :luck:
 
Good luck on weds...be thinking of you all

:luck: :luck: :luck: ..Big hug to Woody
 
We will all be thinking of you too - but know that you will do the right thing by him. Really hoping that everything goes well on Wednesday :luck: :luck: :luck:
 
Oh no Woods ......We'll be thinking of you all .......As you know Barbara he'll be in very safe hands ...... loads of :huggles: :huggles: to you all ...oh yes and to he who must be obeyed :huggles:
 
Good luck for Wednesday Barb :luck: Sending Woody loads of :huggles:
 
:luck: Hope all goes well for Woody on Wednesday.You can be sure Barbara that Sandra will do her very best for him.He is in very safe hands.Will be thinking of you Pat x Sidney & George send Woody waggy tails and woof woof's :thumbsup:
 
So sorry to hear about Woody's accident :( ,Sending you and Woody all my positive thoughts and :luck: for wednesday. Give your boy a big :huggles: from me.
 
:luck: Poor boy, I hope all goes well with op and wish you and Woody all the best.
 
Oh dear, poor Woody, what a worry with the skin problems on top of everything else. From brief acquaintance, he seems to be a brave, determined little soul, so I'm sure you'll all find the strength to get through this anxious time. :huggles: We'll be keeping everything crossed for him on Wednesday too :luck:

How are Bean and Jest, am I right in thinking they'd picked up some injuries too? :unsure:
 
So sorry about Woody Barb , we wish him a speedy recovery and send him lots of hugs and kisses :luck: :wub: :wub: :huggles:
 
:luck: Good luck with Woody :luck: Wishing you all the best for a good op and speedy recovery :huggles:
 
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