I'm trying to find information. I don't have a dog, but wish I did. (Not enough room.)
A lady friend recently acquired a small puppy from the pound. She said that there was reason to believe that he had been abused (and he's such a cute puppy!)
Only a few months old and at the pound they mentioned that he came from one of those puppy-mills. Happy for a couple of weeks and one day I get the news that Bentley has jumped off her bed and BROKEN his right leg. Both bones in the foreleg and she takes him to the vet, they operate to install pins and he's in a cast for over a month. This is terrible and she goes above and beyond in her devotion, taking time off work to care for him, even taking him to work (an office) in a basket to safeguard him from further injury while he heals. Finally the cast comes off and the news is joyous to everyone! He's going to be OK!
Then a week later her sister comes to visit from the U.K. and she's holding Bentley who then jumps out of her arms to land on the floor and breaks the other front leg! She freaks out, is devastated, but at least has medical insurance this time, so its not as bad as it could be (eyes rolling.)
Now the first incident could be just rotten luck or some random element getting in the way, but this happening the second time suddenly makes this information more like DATA. All of that running around and 2 broken front legs almost in exactly the same location seems to indicate that only those bones are somehow weakened. Initially we both wondered if Bentley hadn't already been injured before she got him because the Chihuahua seems to be a fairly rugged little dog, but it happening a second time like that indicates a possible genetic problem, pointing back to the "puppy-mill" operations and how they might have known that Bentley had this problem through some sort of inherited defect. Well, nobody knows anything about that, but now its time to ask around and find if there's anybody out there who had noticed this or even heard of this defect, or if we should just treat it as a mystery?
At least in this case out of all the possibilities of bones to break only those in the forelegs have done so. It would be a real comfort to know that this was the extent of it, or if the poor little chap will need to be watched carefully, like he's made of glass. This is not how a dog's life should be!
Please advise. If you know of anything like this it might be helpful! Thanks! =D
A lady friend recently acquired a small puppy from the pound. She said that there was reason to believe that he had been abused (and he's such a cute puppy!)
Only a few months old and at the pound they mentioned that he came from one of those puppy-mills. Happy for a couple of weeks and one day I get the news that Bentley has jumped off her bed and BROKEN his right leg. Both bones in the foreleg and she takes him to the vet, they operate to install pins and he's in a cast for over a month. This is terrible and she goes above and beyond in her devotion, taking time off work to care for him, even taking him to work (an office) in a basket to safeguard him from further injury while he heals. Finally the cast comes off and the news is joyous to everyone! He's going to be OK!
Then a week later her sister comes to visit from the U.K. and she's holding Bentley who then jumps out of her arms to land on the floor and breaks the other front leg! She freaks out, is devastated, but at least has medical insurance this time, so its not as bad as it could be (eyes rolling.)
Now the first incident could be just rotten luck or some random element getting in the way, but this happening the second time suddenly makes this information more like DATA. All of that running around and 2 broken front legs almost in exactly the same location seems to indicate that only those bones are somehow weakened. Initially we both wondered if Bentley hadn't already been injured before she got him because the Chihuahua seems to be a fairly rugged little dog, but it happening a second time like that indicates a possible genetic problem, pointing back to the "puppy-mill" operations and how they might have known that Bentley had this problem through some sort of inherited defect. Well, nobody knows anything about that, but now its time to ask around and find if there's anybody out there who had noticed this or even heard of this defect, or if we should just treat it as a mystery?
At least in this case out of all the possibilities of bones to break only those in the forelegs have done so. It would be a real comfort to know that this was the extent of it, or if the poor little chap will need to be watched carefully, like he's made of glass. This is not how a dog's life should be!
Please advise. If you know of anything like this it might be helpful! Thanks! =D