Here’s Poppit doing a rather good job at looking very sorry for herself! She has had to have two titanium screws put into her bones and a nylon artificial ligament stranded between them, on one room confinement and on a lead for toileting needs, she’s one grumpy pup! But as the Vet said the first [...]
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The Bionic Dog Returns…
Posted in Dogs, tagged Dogs, luxation on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poppit the Wonderdog!
Posted in Dogs, tagged collies, dislocation, ligament rupture, vets on October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So she went to vets yesterday after not bearing any weight on her front leg for two days, so under sedation she was examined and x-rayed and was found to have dislocated her shoulder and ruptured all of the ligaments holding the bone into the joint.
We were given two options reconstructive surgery, involving a prosthesis [...]
Poorly Poppit
Posted in Aside, Dogs, tagged accidents, collies, walks on October 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Collie took a taste for misadventure this weekend, and during a run on the beach took a tumble and has we think sprained her ankle, having fallen badly when jumping for the ball – she is a bit out of condition and slightly overweight and I think that this little accident has reinforced her [...]