My Little Pirate - aka Brando
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Hey, now you can call him "peg leg". When Maggii broke her leg, she started using the splint as a "weapon" on OJ…ggg... she got really good at direct hits with it!!!!
You know, no matter how you try, accidents will happen. I was home when Maggii broke her leg (both bones in the front leg as a 5 month old puppy and we will not go into how much that cost all those years ago).... But anyway, I was giving OJ a bath for a puppy match we were supposed to go to the next day, Maggii was down stairs behind the gate (which was pretty high) and decided she wanted to be where we were, climbed over it and somehow fell just right to snap both the bones... so while we try and keep them safe.. accidents just sometimes happen... First Surgery was to put a plate in her leg and the second was to reopen her growth plate.... but she never had a lame day in her life either in the show ring or on the lure field....
Pat thanks for posting this!
As you can imagine, I've gone over it a million times in my head…I should have just taken them all out whether they wanted to or not, I should have crated them, etc...as well as the much scarier thought of what if I'd been gone all day.
I realize Brando was lucky. In this case, they tell me it was the best sort of break possible because they said the radius basically acts as a splint to the broken ulna - and the break was really clean. The only bad part was it was compound.
I wish Brando would smack Ruby with the splint in play :D:D:D - however right now they are separated because there was a lot of growling and bad glances between them both the first 2 days after it happened. I'm sure he smells like the vet to her (or meds), and like I said, I'm not sure if there was some sort of tiff to cause the whole thing in first place. I have been walking them together briefly in the morning (Brando won't poop in his own yard and the vet said it was ok) and there is some tension but it has been ok. I don't trust them together right now. Aaliyah is oblivious to it all - she just wants to play with her buddy Brando - but he isn't feeling very playful at the moment.
I will say, he has been so good - hasn't tried to chew the splint (we're on the 3rd change as of today) and has let the vet redress the wound and change the splint without any sort of muzzle. I have decided to give him a sedative instead of the metacam they gave me as when he was on metacam he was too active. The vet thought it might be good if he felt a little pain so he'd slow down.
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Poor baby! Zest says she'd like to sign his cast. :rolleyes:
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Thanks for the rest of the story. So sorry that you're going through so many things at the same time.
I must say the pic you posted is adorable. I can just hear him saying…"look how cute I am and by the way I'm injured and you need to wait on me hand and foot.... when I limp I need sympathy, and I'll keep limping well beyond feeling better until you catch on....tell the other 4-leggers I'm the center of attention for the time being….don't try to figure it out daddy, s#!t happens sometimes", after all, we are Basenji's".
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Poor little guy, all he needs is an eye patch and a little parrot on his shoulder. Is his foot inside the splint too?
Ha, ha, ha…I just need BDawg to make the props. ;)
yes, the splint covers his foot (on that original pic it was almost completely covered). The last 2 splints actually have his toes out a little more. When he walks on the floor though, it sounds like he is wearing a tap shoe! lol -
Thanks for the rest of the story. So sorry that you're going through so many things at the same time.
I must say the pic you posted is adorable. I can just hear him saying…"look how cute I am and by the way I'm injured and you need to wait on me hand and foot.... when I limp I need sympathy, and I'll keep limping well beyond feeling better until you catch on....tell the other 4-leggers I'm the center of attention for the time being….don't try to figure it out daddy, s#!t happens sometimes", after all, we are Basenji's".
This is the standing joke with my kids breeder - he'll be looking for the splint and putting it on long after he is healed - he'll be so spoiled. LOL
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I can not believe it, poor little guy. He looks like a trooper though, sitting there so cool with his cast.
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Aww, poor Brando! So sorry about his mishap, but glad it is going well. Don't worry, you did everything fine. We can't baby them 100% and put them in a little bubble. Sometimes life just throws them a little curveball and you have to roll with the punches. They can certainly get hurt in their crate too, so you never know.
In the meantime, I'm sure he will be spoiled rotten!
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He looks so adorable! I'm sorry for the mishap…Keep us posted on his progress...
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Just wondering how Brando is doing. Hope all is well.
I was wondering about him too….let us know :)
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Thanks Snorky & Andrea for asking about Brando. My time on the forum is fleeting these days as my hands are full - as you can imagine.
Anyway, Brando is doing really well. He's now into his 3rd week of recovery. He got a really good report on his last visit to the vet (last Wednesday) - his wound where the bone went thru the skin is completely healed and he has finished his full course of antibiotics so infection worries are significantly less. Because the wound has healed, he now only has to have his splint changed once per week, yay - also great because it was $50 each time - every little bit helps.
I'm still giving him a sedative to keep him quiet, but not quite as often. He did manage to unstuff his splint yesterday, so I restuffed it, retaped it and then put tea tree oil on it - he wouldn't look at me the rest of the day. :rolleyes:
He has another vet appointment tomorrow and then the following week has follow-up xrays. He's been coming to work with me since he broke his leg (my boss approved it) - he is the hit of the office and of downtown Portland. Lots of visitors to my office and while he is out on the street - he is quite the little love bug, so he is soaking up all the attention. :D:D
Here's his latest pic (sleeping in my office):
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Good to hear that things are moving along. He looks so darned cute all layed up in cast and all..glad your boss approved of him coming with, makes it easier for you and him..
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That picture is so sweet…with his little peg leg and all. Glad to hear he is healing well. How much fun that he is the hit of the town of Portland! Fingers crossed for continued progress...please keep us updated.
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Brando sends thanks to everyone for their well wishes!
Another great vet appointment today - no sores at all under his splint/bandage, wound is completely healed, and he doesn't have to go back for 2 weeks (providing the new splint/bandage last that long). The next appointment will be the acid test - xrays - but the vet seems to think he is doing extremely well and would be surprised if we find any problem.
Yay, Brando - here he is right now in his new blue wrap. :)
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Awesome news for Brando..he is stylin' in his new cast..;)
