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Hi all,
I am desperate for some advice. We have 2 GSDs. One (Luna) is 6 years old and her sister (Ivy) is 3 years old. Luna is a purebred rescue and Ivy is from a breeder. When we got Luna, she had a limp, and honestly, we took her because I knew no one would rescue her. She has a carpal deformity, which causes her foot to splay out more than usual, but when she is healthy, she runs and jumps with her sister.
Soon after we got her, her pad split and we have now gone through a nonstop cycle of the pad splitting, having it wrapped weekly by the vet, walking her when wrapped, and about 2 months later, it heals and we take off the bandage. The longest the wound has stayed together is 9 months.
But once we moved from CA to Maine about a year ago, she and her sister run on our property which includes woods. Here, the wound has not stayed healed for more than 3-4 months.
We have sent her to specialists, had xrays that cost $1500 to confirm the paw deformity, I can't possibly add up what we have spent on this problem.
I think the pad wound will not stay stable because of the pressure of the foot being splayed.
It is now worse than it has ever been, and we are just wrapping it ourselves and changing the bandage 3-4 times a day because it gets wet every time she goes outside. (From the rain in Maine)
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
The photos are of the wound, and one with her sister...she is the black one. The paw that is injured is visible in that photo. The last photo is when we adopted her (her right paw).
I am desperate for some advice. We have 2 GSDs. One (Luna) is 6 years old and her sister (Ivy) is 3 years old. Luna is a purebred rescue and Ivy is from a breeder. When we got Luna, she had a limp, and honestly, we took her because I knew no one would rescue her. She has a carpal deformity, which causes her foot to splay out more than usual, but when she is healthy, she runs and jumps with her sister.
Soon after we got her, her pad split and we have now gone through a nonstop cycle of the pad splitting, having it wrapped weekly by the vet, walking her when wrapped, and about 2 months later, it heals and we take off the bandage. The longest the wound has stayed together is 9 months.
But once we moved from CA to Maine about a year ago, she and her sister run on our property which includes woods. Here, the wound has not stayed healed for more than 3-4 months.
We have sent her to specialists, had xrays that cost $1500 to confirm the paw deformity, I can't possibly add up what we have spent on this problem.
I think the pad wound will not stay stable because of the pressure of the foot being splayed.
It is now worse than it has ever been, and we are just wrapping it ourselves and changing the bandage 3-4 times a day because it gets wet every time she goes outside. (From the rain in Maine)
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!
The photos are of the wound, and one with her sister...she is the black one. The paw that is injured is visible in that photo. The last photo is when we adopted her (her right paw).
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