my fiancee recently got me a boxer puppy (her name is Kaeda)and we have had alot of problems with her. our pit bull zues playing with her and wasn't watching where he was going and then sat an her and it broke her leg, so we took her to the vet and she had surgery to straighten it out and had two pins put it. after her surgery we brought her home and and she died. could it maybe have been an infection or something else. can someone please help me?
2007-09-06 09:10:58 · 8 answers · asked by Amanda Baxter 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Vets, especially younger ones, have this fascination with invasive surgery. It is never, ever a good idea to open a closed fracture. When you put a pin into the bone you expose the bone marrow to bacteria and risk sepsis.
I would be the very first to admit that I can be bossy. But if my dog ever ended up in an er with a broken bone they would NEVER have surgery for a closed fracture. Twenty-six years ago, we had a cocker spaniel who fell off the deck with a broken leg and the emergency vet wanted to do surgery. We said no and found a new vet to just cast it. I have never changed my mind on this. It is just stupid to open a closed wound and introduce bacteria into a bone.
I am so very, very sorry you lost your dog like this. So sorry.
2007-09-06 15:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by mama woof 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm so sorry about your puppy! That's so sad! I have a feeling, that something may have gone wrong during the surgery. I would talk to your vet and ask him what happened. I think he owes you an explanation! I agree with the other poster, that if you haven't buried her yet, to have a Necropsy {Dog Autopsy} and find out exactly what took her life!
2007-09-06 18:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chihuahua Addict Adores Scooby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't had her buried or cremated yet, look into having her necropised. If it was a fluke and something went wrong post op, its better for you to know. If it was something else that could be communicable its good to know for the sake of your other dog.
2007-09-06 16:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by skye_blue_05 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it could be an internal infection coming out of the pins. Or it could be that his body didnt accept the pins.
I would recommend you to ask his veterinarian.
2007-09-06 16:20:15 · answer #4 · answered by bloodymary24 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How sad, it may have been the stress that done it.
Ask your vet to check her out incase it was something they had done
2007-09-06 16:21:00 · answer #5 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only a vet will know. srry baout your lost.
next time try to monitor play time a bit better and keep puppys away from large dogs until they ave gotten bigger.
2007-09-06 16:16:58 · answer #6 · answered by nodesignerdogs4me 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ohhhh my god!!! You MUST call your vet. That is seriously terrible. How sad.
2007-09-06 16:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by Aloha Dre 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably shock. How old was the pup?
2007-09-06 16:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by st.lady (1 of GitEm's gang) 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋