Oh dear! Poor Indy....glad that you were all there to help her out of that as quickly as you did! My thoughts and healing vibes are definitely headed her way. Keep us all posted on her progress!

 

Oh no!! Poor girl. That sounds so scary and painful! Ania and I send lots of good healing thoughts, and Ania is sending an extra lick.:tongue: :frown:

 

Oh noooo, that's awful Poor girl! That must have been horrifying for you both. I hope she's alright and nothing is too terribly injured. Sending lots of healing vibes and puppy kisses for miss Indi. All paws crossed over here for a speedy recovery!

 

Jeesh what a terrible ordeal for everyone! Sending you good vibes and Bully Mojo!!

 

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your support. :] She's being a good little girl, I'm icing it every ten minutes. Good thing is she is chewing on a rack of frozen ribs right now to keep her mind occupied. PMR is such an awesome way to feed, got her mentally stimulated and she's not even refusing to eat her din-din.

 

I would put ice on it for 15-20 and then let it come back completely to normal temperature, at least an hour, before you ice again. You don't want to ice it too much because that can actually slow healing down.

Hope this helps!

ETA: Also, just give the rimadyl...don't give aspirin.

 

Okay, thank you so much. The guy who was looking her over worked at an e-vet and brought really low dose buffered aspirin out just to get her something immediately. We have tons of tremadol and a couple of rimadyl on hand for her so we'll be giving her that I think - not mixed of course. Thanks for the advice on icing! She doesn't like it on there anyway so giving her an hour break from it will help her tolerate it I'm sure.

 

Actually mixing rimadyl and tramadol works well...in a way they work synergistically together. Its safe to give them both at the same and is actually pretty common for orthopedic surgeries.

 

The senior sibes and I send healing thoughts her way.

 

Wallaby and I wish our fellow curly-tailed pooch a speedy recovery. That must have been so scary, for the both of you!

 

Oh no. I am so sorry to hear this! I hate when our animals are in any kind of pain....poor Indy. Give her a hug from Duncan, Lucky and I. Sending healing thoughts your way! :grouphug:

 

Thank you Sara for your thoughts. :]

Natalie, thanks so much for your advice. Any thoughts on how much tramadol to give a 50 lb dog?

 

What has she had so far for pain management and what time were they given?

 

I give my dogs a 50mg tramadol for a 50lb dog every 8 hrs. Not sure if you want to give the tramadol so close to the aspirin though.

Sending healing thoughts your way! Good Luck!

 

Typically you can give 1-2 50mg tablets every 8-12 hours for every 50 pounds of weight, all depending on pain levels. If your dog is really painful, give a higher dose more often and then cut down to lower doses once pain has been managed better. Rimadyl is only to be given every 12 hours 25-50mg for your dog's weight. If you do get a chance, I would put Indy on Metacam rather than Rimadyl since its safer and only once a day medication.

 

Kelly,

Ah this must be so hard for you. I know he will do ok though! You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

 

Apparently it was low dose, the pills were cut in half making them about 40 mg, looking at the buffered aspirin doses online it seems like a whole low dose tablet is around 80 mg - aspirin was at 8:30. It is really late and I don't want to call the people who gave it to me as it is so late. She had a 25 mg tab of rimadyl at about 9:45

Thank you to whiteleo and Panda, we very much appreciate it. I've set her crate up in my room, covered the top with a sheet and have a mat down on the floor with her. She was licking it a lot a minute ago. I feel bad. :[ My poor little sweety pie.

 

Wishing her a speedy recovery! You must be worried sick...luckily, she is in good hands! :smile:

 

We're very sorry to hear that Indi got hurt. We wish her a speedy recovery. She's in good hands with you as her owner! :angel:

 

She is receiving a fair number of good vibes, hopefully this will help her feel better soon! Thanks so much to all!

edit: Anyone know if there is any kind of natural supplement I should be giving her right now? Like chicken feet or something herbal?

She just took a tramadol, 25 mg, at about 4:45 a.m.

- Obviously I can't sleep. -__- And the other dogs know something is wrong with their sis.

She also has to take Fluoxetine(Prozac) 10 mg in the morning. I hate giving her all these medicines at once. :|
Omg, if the vet asks me what she eats in a few hours and starts reeling me about the raw diet I think I'll explode. >:| I'm in no mood for b.s!

 

Here's to a very fast recovery, and no broken bones - I can't even imagine how awful that must have been to see her like that. i am hoping there is some god news this morning.

 

I am chomping at the bit for the clinic to open!!! O_O""" Nothing seems broken, we can move everything without her screaming so she has range of motion...Her lower hind leg is definitely swollen to about twice the size. Poor baby being so stoic. :|

edit: What I'm worried about is the soft tissue damage and possible fractures. Her hip had a ton of strain as well, so that I'm really worried about.

 

Yes, I bet it's going to be a long morning until you can get there. I haven't had a trauma like that so have absolutely no clue what could happen - it does seem like if you can move her leg around, that's a good thing.

I hope you can keep us updated after you see the vet, I will be sending lots of good thoughts your (and her) way.

 

We are scheduled for 9:00 this morning. I'll update you all with her condition when we get home. I'm not sure which one of us needs the x-ray more, her or me.

My hand is about as swollen as her leg. ;_;

 

I am so sorry hearing that! Sending positives vibes your way. Hoping for a prompt recuperation.

 

Thank you for your care and support Boxer&Poms mom. :]