My Dog broke his leg a year ago

[missboston]

Hello i have a 2 year old Pug when i got him at 6 weeks a week . later my son broke his front leg paw. The bone was cracked merely in half he did not bleed however. Anyways i called the vet and let them know i would be there shortly to be expecting us.and breifed them on the situation. Our vet took x rays and casted his leg  later he slipped out of it i crated him and tryed to make him rest witch is extremely hard to make a puppy understand its for his own good so that day i took him to have his cast replaced and ask her if she could put it on tighter she said that she couldn't because he was still a very young puppy and he would be growing to rapidly and did not want to cut off his circulation .about a day and a half pased it came off again took him  back she waiveed my replacement fee she knew i had hardships . anyways I  a week or so i had another appointment for paw and shots again and she took a look at it and said he will be fine but his leg was a bit crooked just sllightly now two years down the road i am noticing more and more his leg bothers him he limps i do recall asking her to trim his nails she said no net time he had to come back for final shots in two weeks and not to trim it could injure his paw and he has thick nails now i get them trimmed ffreq  but groomer said that it due to letting them get too  long as a puppy and his nerves inside are thick . it bother him the most after trimming and when they get too long ,also i nail only curves rea fast and is about the thickest black nail ever for his size. What i am getting to is there a corrective surgrey for this is there any thing i can do and is this normal i loove my pets and it saddns me to see him limp when my boston Terrier runs circles around him he just wants to play too but in the past week or two it seems like he is having trouble any advice please help he is healthy no problems other than his puppy leg : (( yes he is the handsome dog pictured

[ginger899]

I have always found that a really good favour you can do both your dog and your bank account -is learn how to trim the nails yourself. Get the right clippers, and teach him to stay still for you (or get someone to hold him still) Make sure the light shins through the nail so you can clearly see the delineation between the "quick" and the dead nail at the end. And never trim TOO close to the quick.
But it's true that the more frequently the nails are trimmed close to the quick (without being so close it could become a problem) -the more the quick will gradually recede.
If you did this yourself, you could do it very often, and wouldn't be tied to vet appointments, groomer, etc.
Also if you are short of money it would help.

[Margot49]

Hello. Cute little dog you have.  Well, I'm not sure I am understand this right but seems he has problems with the leg/foot that was broken?  I would think, the only you can determine what is going on for sure is take him to the Vet (possibly another one or an Ortho Vet if you have one in your area) and get an x-ray on that leg to see if they can see what's going on for sure.  Other then that, no way to tell. I had a puppy break a leg years ago and had it casted but it stayed on!!  As she matured, that let turned out a bit but she had no problems.

As to the nail issue, if I'm understanding that correctly, you might try trimming it weekly (do you have a Dremmel) and see if that quick won't recede. Other then that, if/when your dog goes in for a dental or something where anesthesia is needed and the dog is asleep, ask the Vet to cut that nail short.  It will maybe be sore for a couple of days but at least the dog will be asleep when it is cut. You would then have to make sure you keep it trimmed every one to two weeks.