I think any Great Dane I own must get some sort of paw curse, because both of my Danes have now had serious paw injuries.
My current Dane somehow managed to tear a tendon on one of his middle two toes while playing. I didn't see it happen and he acted like nothing happened. Took him in for X-Rays and nothing is broken so it's definitely a torn tendon. The vet said there are two main tendons for each toe, one on top and one on bottom. His bottom tendon is torn so that toe just sticks straight out forward when he's standing on it and because of that, it isn't contributing to bearing any of his weight. The injury happened about two or three months ago.
He's a big boy.... just under 200lbs and is not overweight... pretty lean really (but he's unaltered so has a lot of muscle). Just turned two years old.
He still runs and plays fine, sprints around the yard, and GENERALLY speaking, the paw doesn't seem to bother him. He does seem to slightly favor the other paw while standing still, and sometimes after exercise, he will show signs of being in pain, but oddly this is not at all consistent and happens infrequently but when it does, it really bothers me.
From everyone I've spoken with, it seems I have two options:
1. Leave it be and give him pain medication on an as-needed basis for the rest of his life.
2. Have surgery to have the tendon re-attached.
I'm posting this here in hopes that someone has experienced the same thing and has gone the surgery route. I'm curious to see if it was effective and if the dog did not have a re-injury.
Here is a pic of what it looks like:
Thanks in advance!
My current Dane somehow managed to tear a tendon on one of his middle two toes while playing. I didn't see it happen and he acted like nothing happened. Took him in for X-Rays and nothing is broken so it's definitely a torn tendon. The vet said there are two main tendons for each toe, one on top and one on bottom. His bottom tendon is torn so that toe just sticks straight out forward when he's standing on it and because of that, it isn't contributing to bearing any of his weight. The injury happened about two or three months ago.
He's a big boy.... just under 200lbs and is not overweight... pretty lean really (but he's unaltered so has a lot of muscle). Just turned two years old.
He still runs and plays fine, sprints around the yard, and GENERALLY speaking, the paw doesn't seem to bother him. He does seem to slightly favor the other paw while standing still, and sometimes after exercise, he will show signs of being in pain, but oddly this is not at all consistent and happens infrequently but when it does, it really bothers me.
From everyone I've spoken with, it seems I have two options:
1. Leave it be and give him pain medication on an as-needed basis for the rest of his life.
2. Have surgery to have the tendon re-attached.
I'm posting this here in hopes that someone has experienced the same thing and has gone the surgery route. I'm curious to see if it was effective and if the dog did not have a re-injury.
Here is a pic of what it looks like:
Thanks in advance!
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