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dislocated shoulder
2 weeks ago, our puppy was run over by a truck. He suffered several broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a severly broken forearm. We are not able to take him to a vet.
In nursing him 24 hours a day, he has pulled through nicely and is wanting to get back to being a puppy.
My question lies with his forearm. the bone seems to be heeling well, it's got a nice calcium ball however it's still "crunches" if manipulated. It sort of hangs from the shoulder when he stands. I'm wondering if it could be dislocated? He likes to roll around on his back and the arm flops around. If the shoulder is dislocated, could this be his way of getting it back in?
At the shoulder joint it feels different than the other. There seems to be a space. Maybe that's just from the break?
I know it's only been two weeks and he's got some time before he's all better, but I would just like to know what to look for in a dislocated shoulder and if there is anyway to relocate it myself. As I've said, taking him in is not an option.
thank you.
In nursing him 24 hours a day, he has pulled through nicely and is wanting to get back to being a puppy.
My question lies with his forearm. the bone seems to be heeling well, it's got a nice calcium ball however it's still "crunches" if manipulated. It sort of hangs from the shoulder when he stands. I'm wondering if it could be dislocated? He likes to roll around on his back and the arm flops around. If the shoulder is dislocated, could this be his way of getting it back in?
At the shoulder joint it feels different than the other. There seems to be a space. Maybe that's just from the break?
I know it's only been two weeks and he's got some time before he's all better, but I would just like to know what to look for in a dislocated shoulder and if there is anyway to relocate it myself. As I've said, taking him in is not an option.
thank you.
omg...first of all i have a husband,2 children and our dog c.c.....now to myself and my family our dog c.c is one of the family.....no guestions ask...she is our 3rd child....any little problem with her and i go to the vet automatically the same as i do for my children any prob...and its off to the doc´s....i do everything in my power to protect my family c.c included....so i cant beleive you would not take your little guy to the vet....i dont know what to say to you.....lol i even feed all the stray dog around my house and give them water....i dont buy them food i just share my c.c´s food with them.....every living thing has the right to be looked after,treated right and loved...i send kisses to your poor little guy and hope he gets what he needs to have a long healthy and happy life...
Veterinary medicine has advanced to the same competent level as human medicine, and unfortunately, those advances include insurance coverage for pets. Human medical care skyrocketed when insurance became an expected benefit of employment and the government got involved with Medicare and Medicaid. When anyone aside from the consumer pays for a transaction from the provider, the costs go up. End of story. If you want to blame someone for the high cost of veterinary care, look no further than pet insurance. You, as a smart consumer, shopped around until you found a reasonably-priced provider. I did the same thing and I am very happy with the veterinary practice I have used since 1990.
I was also the person who spent $7,000 to save my dog's life, and it was worth every penny. The care she received was extremely specialized and no regular clinic-based vet could have taken her case. In many respects, my dog received far better care than I've received myself during many years of chronic illness. That level of ICU veterinary care is not cheap, and certainly many people must opt for euthanasia rather than treatment. Again, my dog's injuries were extremely severe and she wasn't even expected to survive, but she did thanks to the specialists with many years of expensive education who treated her. Spending that kind of money on a pet is not in everyone's budget and I don't expect everyone to be able to do what I did. I DO, however, expect any pet owner to consider euthanasia or surrendering of the animal to a shelter as an option to terrible suffering on the part of the animal.
I was also the person who spent $7,000 to save my dog's life, and it was worth every penny. The care she received was extremely specialized and no regular clinic-based vet could have taken her case. In many respects, my dog received far better care than I've received myself during many years of chronic illness. That level of ICU veterinary care is not cheap, and certainly many people must opt for euthanasia rather than treatment. Again, my dog's injuries were extremely severe and she wasn't even expected to survive, but she did thanks to the specialists with many years of expensive education who treated her. Spending that kind of money on a pet is not in everyone's budget and I don't expect everyone to be able to do what I did. I DO, however, expect any pet owner to consider euthanasia or surrendering of the animal to a shelter as an option to terrible suffering on the part of the animal.
I'm not a mean person, but reading your comment left me with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and made me cry! How could you!!!????!!! How about I get myself a truck and run you over so you can sustain the same sort of injuries your puppy did. Then I'll let you roll around on the floor while I watch over you and take such good care of you so you don't have to lie in a hospital and be lonely or see a doctor to cure you and you'll live happily ever after. There's a place for people like you: JAIL!!!
The problem as I see it is that vets have become very expensive and un-justifiably so, milking insurance companies for all they can get and failing to help animals that are in distress whose owners are unable to pay $7,000 dollars mentioned above.
How on earth did we end up being milked dry by people who should care more about animals than how much the owners of the animals can afford?
The dog while injured is being cared for and even left to its own devices would fare much better than an injured wild animal.
Having said this, I agree that in this instance this animal should have an examination to determine if the shoulder is dislocated or if there is nerve damage by a vet as suggested by everyone here..
I have had many run-ins with the vet about being ripped off and have been given substantial reductions when I have challenged them to justify their extortionately high invoices.
Having changed our vets a few times now we are quite happy with ours and have a good relationship with them. They also provide a reasonably priced excellent service.
As for threatening to call the police to someone who has nursed their dog back to health and is showing concern about sorting the shoulder problem out now that the swelling has gone down, which incidentally is the correct thing to do, the owner gets chastised for sharing and asking questions.
If you do go to the vets, explain your financial circumstances to him/her and tell them your dog is not insured. This way you will get a more realistic costing for the treatment.
I found this thread because we have a puppy with a suspected dislocated shoulder age 2 weeks, noticed it in the night and going to the vets in a couple of hours to find out whether its an injury from the ***** laying on it or whether it may be an abscess.
How on earth did we end up being milked dry by people who should care more about animals than how much the owners of the animals can afford?
The dog while injured is being cared for and even left to its own devices would fare much better than an injured wild animal.
Having said this, I agree that in this instance this animal should have an examination to determine if the shoulder is dislocated or if there is nerve damage by a vet as suggested by everyone here..
I have had many run-ins with the vet about being ripped off and have been given substantial reductions when I have challenged them to justify their extortionately high invoices.
Having changed our vets a few times now we are quite happy with ours and have a good relationship with them. They also provide a reasonably priced excellent service.
As for threatening to call the police to someone who has nursed their dog back to health and is showing concern about sorting the shoulder problem out now that the swelling has gone down, which incidentally is the correct thing to do, the owner gets chastised for sharing and asking questions.
If you do go to the vets, explain your financial circumstances to him/her and tell them your dog is not insured. This way you will get a more realistic costing for the treatment.
I found this thread because we have a puppy with a suspected dislocated shoulder age 2 weeks, noticed it in the night and going to the vets in a couple of hours to find out whether its an injury from the ***** laying on it or whether it may be an abscess.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You made my stomach turn. I hope the Police come knocking at your door and arrest you after reading this - maybe the police are tracing who you are at this very moment:) You cannot afford the vet bills, then you shouldn't have the dog.
Call an animal rescue if nothing else and tell them to take the dog. They will take it to a vet and then find a home for it.
Call an animal rescue if nothing else and tell them to take the dog. They will take it to a vet and then find a home for it.
Unbelievable! You DID get an answer from a vet!! Dr. Cheng is a vet on here and told you to take that puppy to a vet! Or did you miss that?
How callous can you be? How would you like to be hit by a truck and sustain the injuries this puppy did? Broken ribs are very painful. Every time you take a breath, you feel pain. A dislocated shoulder would be painful too. Do you think animals don't feel pain? The least you could have done is provide pain medication. I'd like to see you go through what that puppy went through and I guarentee you would be in agony and wouldn't for a minute wait on getting the care and medication you would need. Just because an animal can't "tell" you that they are in pain, doesn't mean they're not. And now that you've waited so long you probably are going to have a disabled dog when he could have been restored back to normal. How do you know that he didn't need surgery to correct this leg? You are not a vet! I don't care how much you get on the Internet, you can't possibly know the best thing to do in this case. You did not take all those years of medical school these vets did to properly diagnose your dog.
I agree with the others. You should have done all that you could do to get the best care for that puppy. Somehow you find the money. I just had to take my daughter's kitten to the emergency vet one night last week because we thought she had swallowed something. We spent over $400 on her that night. Fortunately, she didn't need surgery. Do you think I had the money? No, we had to put it on the credit card and we're trying hard to get that card paid off because we already have a lot of debt. But I will never let an animal I own be in pain, ever. I think it would even be more humane to put them to sleep rather than let them suffer.
When you take on the responsiblity to own an animal, you also have the responsibility to take proper care of it, and that includes taking it to the vet if needed!
Please go back and read at least Dr. Cheng's response to you if not anybody else's, since she IS a vet. And please take her advice and take that poor dog to the vet before he loses his leg.
I'm with Peekawho. These are God's creatures and we're to take care of them. If He notices the little sparrow that falls out of the sky, then He notices the little puppy in pain. I too believe you will be help responsible some day. I will pray for your puppy and that God will convict your heart to do the right thing and take him to the vet. There's always hope.
How callous can you be? How would you like to be hit by a truck and sustain the injuries this puppy did? Broken ribs are very painful. Every time you take a breath, you feel pain. A dislocated shoulder would be painful too. Do you think animals don't feel pain? The least you could have done is provide pain medication. I'd like to see you go through what that puppy went through and I guarentee you would be in agony and wouldn't for a minute wait on getting the care and medication you would need. Just because an animal can't "tell" you that they are in pain, doesn't mean they're not. And now that you've waited so long you probably are going to have a disabled dog when he could have been restored back to normal. How do you know that he didn't need surgery to correct this leg? You are not a vet! I don't care how much you get on the Internet, you can't possibly know the best thing to do in this case. You did not take all those years of medical school these vets did to properly diagnose your dog.
I agree with the others. You should have done all that you could do to get the best care for that puppy. Somehow you find the money. I just had to take my daughter's kitten to the emergency vet one night last week because we thought she had swallowed something. We spent over $400 on her that night. Fortunately, she didn't need surgery. Do you think I had the money? No, we had to put it on the credit card and we're trying hard to get that card paid off because we already have a lot of debt. But I will never let an animal I own be in pain, ever. I think it would even be more humane to put them to sleep rather than let them suffer.
When you take on the responsiblity to own an animal, you also have the responsibility to take proper care of it, and that includes taking it to the vet if needed!
Please go back and read at least Dr. Cheng's response to you if not anybody else's, since she IS a vet. And please take her advice and take that poor dog to the vet before he loses his leg.
I'm with Peekawho. These are God's creatures and we're to take care of them. If He notices the little sparrow that falls out of the sky, then He notices the little puppy in pain. I too believe you will be help responsible some day. I will pray for your puppy and that God will convict your heart to do the right thing and take him to the vet. There's always hope.
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