kelpiekaye Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Our 7 month kelpie bitch was stood on by a cow and has a possible fracture in her spine or at the very least a compressed vertebrae. She is on cage rest for at least six weeks. Has anyone else had experience with this sort of injury and what was the outcome? I am going to dream up some bordom busting ideas, not a problem yet but will be when shes feeling a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiekaye Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Anyone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 My Cavalier ruptured a disk in his spine and had surgery. He was paralysed from the shoulders down. I'm not sure how similar this is to your Kelpie but my boy made a complete recovery. Has your dog had a myelogram to assess the damage? Is she able to walk at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumabaar Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) I saw a fair few injuries when I was working at a specialist practice. Have you had imaging done? I would want to know exactly what I was dealing with! We had some really great outcomes I do know of a kelpie who was in a car accident and broke in spine (not sure where). It was touch and go but he had deep pain sensations so they continued to treat him and he had pins put in to stabilise the area. He now needs a sling to do stairs but he still has fun. He was much older so was already starting to wind down activity wise however his injury has limited how active he can be. Edited November 24, 2011 by Jumabaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiekaye Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 My Cavalier ruptured a disk in his spine and had surgery. He was paralysed from the shoulders down. I'm not sure how similar this is to your Kelpie but my boy made a complete recovery. Has your dog had a myelogram to assess the damage? Is she able to walk at all? Kora can walk a short distance and then sits down. One of her back legs folds up on her. She can wag her tail and toilet ok. We have been told by the vet to keep her in her crate for six weeks and only to take her out for toilet breaks or outside if warm but to watch her. They didnt xray her but may do when we take her back next week. One of the vets came to farm yesterday so I asked him to go and have a look at her. He thought she was doing ok. She is also on Carprieve tablets till well after xmas. The injury is below her shoulder blades so apparently her chest will help suppport it. She is being really good about it all for such a young dog, poor little bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiekaye Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 I saw a fair few injuries when I was working at a specialist practice. Have you had imaging done? I would want to know exactly what I was dealing with! We had some really great outcomes No imaging done so far, vets say the treatment will be the same wether fractured or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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