cycas Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 When I was at the vet yesterday, he checked out Mollydog's front wrist, which has an old racing injury and has bits of metal embedded in it. It is now arthritic, and won't fold back properly like the other one. He said that if it continued to get worse, we could consider 'pinning' the joint solid with a metal plate, which would mean it was no longer painful, but is a bit of a last resort as it would restrict the movement of the leg. Has anyone had this done for their dog? Any thoughts on how much it would restrict movement? I think it would be overkill at the mo, as she can run and walk mostly very happily, though she does limp a bit, and is sometimes in some pain - being careful of overexercising, specially on hard surfaces, has helped this a lot, and I now have some metacam to give her if the weather is wet and cold. I would like to know more for the future though, as the problem has been steadily getting very slightly worse ever since she arrived here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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