Odd scrapes on rear legs that are bleeding

[Clyde]

They both look like they are the inner leg to me based on the pictures

[msvette2u]

No the one pic that's more orange-ish is the outer leg/hock.

**What it reminds me of is pressure type sores which are common in dogs who are confined to one area for a long period of time - I only say that because I have seen it in shelter dogs and dogs who were tied, and in one case, in a dog kept crated in his own urine and feces for extended periods (neglect case).

I'm not saying that's your case of course but that's what it reminds me of. I'd consider where the dog is kept (Crated? If so, blanket or towel for padding?) first and then if she scraped herself second.

[Lotus99]

Wow, lots of different possibilities it sounds like. I'm hoping it's just some weird but simple thing, like this gravel field running, and nothing complicated! She barely attends to it, so I'm hoping it's not a hot spot or anything (plus, 4 of them?). From what I just read, hot spots are not generally found on the lower legs, and also, the dog can barely leave them alone. She's licked it a few times in an hour, that's it.

The reason I said they're in identical spots, is that the are mirrors of each other on each leg, the top one just below the hock. I can't recall if the two pics were of different legs or not. But I did take the first one before we went out this afternoon to the gravel field, and the second one after, and I'm pretty sure the second one's wounds looked worse... Here's another pic of both legs.

Her crate should be more than big enough for her, it's a 40L x 30W x 30H Petmate/Furrari Giant, rated for dogs 70-90 lbs. She's 10 days short of a year old, and 65 lbs. She's slept in it all her life, so any issues with that I'd figure would have appeared by now.

The other odd thing I just noticed is that both her front pasterns (the pads a few inches above her front paws) are cut a bit too. Poor girl whined when I touched them, so they must be hurting! I'm thinking they could easily be related to the stopping slides on the gravel field since it's her front paws.

PS This couldn't be possibly related to her going into heat, can it? Her sister owned by my friend in our city, just went into heat a few days ago...
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[robinhuerta]

They do in fact look like environmental injuries.
They look like injury cause by repetitious stop & slide on gravel running.
Gravel can cause scrapes, cuts and burns on both front and rear.....but I'm sure that your vet will be more precise and accurate.

[Lotus99]

Yeah, I'm thinking it's just too strange for all these things to have happened otherwise together, if they're not somehow related, and the only thing out of the ordinary was our few outings to this gravel field in the last few days. We'd been there on and off once every few weeks, and I'd never noticed anything.

Maybe not twice in three days. And possibly now that she's almost one, maybe her speed and stopping power is a lot stronger, so causing these issues now. I don't think I made her run any more than what she usually does. Maybe 10 throws with the Chuckit.

If that is in fact the reason - which I guess by avoiding the field for a while we'll find out - it's quite odd that it's not a common injury you read more about? I'd heard in fact that using the Chuckit on a grass field is worse because of the slippery nature of grass, the dog can pull its tendons, etc.

Too bad if it's the gravel, because I thought it would be good exercise for her once in a while, but after this, I'm going to be paranoid going there even just for a few throws! :-( And we just got an LED light-up ball too, that I was throwing at night - it was really cool watching her run with this red ball in her mouth!

[robinhuerta]

Gravel can have sharp edges...(like chipped rock)....especially the kind they use in paving, side roads and drive ways.
A more decorative gravel is smoother and easier to run on.

[Lotus99]

This is a gravel soccer field at the local elementary school, so fairly smooth and small gravel.

[robinhuerta]

I still think it is an activity injury......but for sure, have the vet check to be safe.

[Good_Karma]

For the first time ever, Niko has one spot on each of his hind legs that, while placed in slightly different spot, looks very similar. I believe it is from skidding on our driveway (which is not paved and was very icy/rocky) while chasing his throw toy/ball. The spots have healed up now, after a couple days of not playing that game.

[natalie559]

It's definitely from the running on the gravel. Penny used to get these also, especially when young and at the dog park. They have calloused now that she's older.