keiko Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I haven't been able to contact my GH trainer friend and one of my greys appears to have torn a muscle in his rear leg. He is retired and was just running for fun when apparently this happend. There is swelling and brusing. I'm not sure whether to try to wrap it to help with the swelling or what to do. Any advice/suggestions from folks familiar with racing injuries would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much! Quote Kelly and the boys Andy (Full Details), Savage (SanTan SavageTry), Tag (C Ya Tag Heuer), Hamlet (Huntington's Monarch Hamlet), and Cleopatra (Huntington's Cleopatra) Never forgotten & Always in my heart, Shawn (Call Me Gone) 02/09/99 - 03/23/06 and Josh (Great Contender*) 01/11/98 - 11/29/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Onrushpam, LynnM, Hubcitypam, TheDoggfather could all help you and would probably respond to PMs. There are probably some other folks but those are the ones who I know have dealt with this before. Maybe also KennelMom. Good luck! Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullHouse Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Valentino retired because he tore the muscle in his back leg. It was bruised and swollen for a couple of weeks and you could definitely tell it was torn when he first came home because his back leg was oddly shaped compared to the other leg. It healed up nicely on it's own. Now you can barely see the difference in the legs and he had no complications and can run well, with no limping what so ever. Quote Judy, mom to Darth Vader, Bandita, And Angel Forever in our hearts, DeeYoGee, Dani, Emmy, Andy, Heart, Saint, Valentino, Arrow, Gee, Bebe, Jilly Bean, Bullitt, Pistol, Junior, Sammie, Joey, Gizmo, Do Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaGreys Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Just my opinion but I would never wrap anything that's swollen. If it just happened, I would apply ice to at least help the swelling go down. Quote Missing my little Misty who took a huge piece of my heart with her on 5/2/09, and Ekko, on 6/28/12 For the sick, the lost, and the homeless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) No experience w/a torn gracilis...I believe LynnM's boy Joplin was a member of the Funky Booty Club though...she or Pam would be who'd pm. Though I'm sure Coach or any of the racing folks will also have some advide as well. I don't think there's much you can do for it....probably rest and/or pain relief. I've heard if it's a partial tear, you can try to get them to run all out and go ahead and get it to just tear the whole way...otherwise you end up with a recurring injury as the muscle tears little by little. eta: w/o advice from a vet or person experienced, I probably wouldn't wrap. We keep rimadyl and tramadol on hand, so I'd probaby give that to keep my dog comfortable. And Ice it every couple hours. Edited October 18, 2009 by KennelMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brcgreys Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 No need to wrap, just time will heal it. As Kennelmom said, unless you know how to get him to complete the tear, do worry with it. If he seems unusually painful, you can give him a coated aspirin, just make sure it is ASPIRIN, not ibuprofen or acetominaphin. One 325 mg coated aspirin twice a day(once a day may be enough, sometime a little goes a long way) for a couple of days and that should be enough. It will be swollen and bruised for a while, that's normal. Just a bit of pain is actually better, in this case, than removing all the pain. Pain is the body's way of letting the brain know to protect that area. It may always look "funny", that cheek may be lower or even higher than the other, depending on where the tear is, how much tore and simply how it heals. I've seen ones that have what almost looks like an upside down shelf for a butt cheek. Sometimes after healing that leg will appear to "kick out" more than the other, sometimes not. Either way, he should be fine as frogs hair in a few weeks. Just tell him to go easy on the "zippies" in the yard! If you have any questions, feel free to PM me, I'll do the best I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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