Growth Plate Injuries in Dogs

My 4 month puppy has a misplaced growing plate and the doctor seemed kind weird about it so I feel like it’s not that serious should I get the surgery or would it just go back in place by itself?

Rex as hit by a car. Vet said it growth plate was out of place so xrayed and put in a splint type case. He had wore in 3 weeks when leg had grown and splint rubbing caused infection on skin. It stunk.that was a month ago. Rex runs, gets around but won't putuse that leg. It looks just like the other. I've massaged the muscles in that leg. He will use the foot at times to brace then picks it back up. While running it looks like he will use it then remember and stop. Is their therapy for him? A dvd or youtube that would show me how to help him? Would swimming help him to start using the leg normally? His dad was full blooded Belgium Malinois and mom full blood German shepherd.

My pup jumped off the couch, and his feet slid out from under him. He was walking on it normal with a slight limp, and then out of nowhere he refused to bear weight on his left leg and it began to swell. I took him for xrays and everything showed normal. The vet suggested that I should take him to a specialist as there may be damage to his growth plate. Is it common for growth plate injuries to not show on xrays?
Is my only option surgery if there is damage? I just want him to live a long and happy life.

My Puppy jumped to get on the bed but didn’t make it, she fell to the floor and screamed for about 5 minutes....we took her straight to the vet who said she may have dislocated her hip, she didn’t. Then vet said she may have fractured her hip, she didn’t. Not vet is saying she may have squashed her growth plate but they are not sure and to go back in 6 weeks for x-ray. She is still limping but starting to put foot down. She doesn’t seem to be in pain. Is there anything we can do to help her or find out if she has damaged growth plate and a plan of action to get best recovery? Thank you so much

My 5 month puppy was hit by a car, after second xrays at her checkup they see that her growth plate next to her hip joint was pulled apart. Due to stitches from other injuries, we didn’t do surgery right away. She does limp a little bit but otherwise can run, jump, and do everything. She doesn’t seem in pain. Is the FHO surgery necessary? It will leave her with a shorter leg so she will limp anyways..

We have an 11 month old yellow Labrador Retriever. He loves to fetch ball like the speed of lightening. He is very well behaved. One day, he ran to get the ball on a grass field and came back limping on his left front leg. That night, he was barely using his front leg. Our lab never cried, whined, just limping. We question if he put his foot in a hole or something as he was running. We took him to the Vet. He completely fractured his growth plate in the left shoulder. The Vet did all kinds of x-rays looking for anything he could find, including the back legs (for free) and the only thing he could find is the complete fracture in the shoulder on the end of bone which is just floating around in his humerus area. Looks like our lab will be getting surgery soon, just in time for Christmas. We are told healing for 6 weeks with pins and screws placed. This is going to be difficult since our lab loves to run, walk, fetch, etc. Sucks big time! We have NO IDEA how this happened. Our puppy acts broken-hearted as he cannot play with his ball. He picks ball up and bounces it near the front door for us to go play ball with him, but he cannot as he is to have no activity. He is on complete rest. Only should go out to potty and poop. We do not allow him to jump up and down from vehicles and we even use a steps that fold for our lab to get into a truck. More to come after we speak to the surgeon in the next week.

Gracie is now a 14 month old 45 lb Labradoodle. At around 4 months we saw her limping and her right front paw was turning out. We took ER to the vet and he x-rayed and sent us to an orthopedic vet. They did a scan under anesthesia and found that she had a growth plate injury. Her limping had stopped by the time we saw the specialist. They recommended an external fixative with 3months of kennel, daily tightening of the fixative to straighten her leg. The second option was to wait until she stopped growing and then have plate and screw surgery to correct the defect. We elected to wait, she has been a very active pup without further issues. Until 11days ago when she pulled up lame. Regular vet said strain/sprain and should resolve in ten days. She is still limping and holding her leg up to not bear weight. We are limiting exercise, but she does like to run in the yard with our older dog and sneaks out when she can. My question is what to do now? She the ortho specialist again? She hasn’t grown a lot lately, but she’s not two.

my 9 week old Pom jumped off the couch and injured her growth plate. the ortho said she would heal fine to just keep her crated with minimal exercise. She has been fine for the last 1.5 months no limping running and jumping and playing. All of a sudden yesterday she can't use it at all. there was no sign of re injury, crying or pain. Our vet recommended the same treatment of crating and minimal movement. Is there some kind of splint i can put on this so she is able to at least go potty by herself. we have to harness her just so she is able to at this point.

Last week I took my 5 month old Miniature schnauzer to the vet because he was playing with my sisters dog when they came over and they both sneaked up to the second floor to play and when i got up there, his left back leg was limping. (They might have crashed into eachother) i took him to the vet and he said it was a swollen growing plate and not a fracture. So he gave him a shot in the leg for pain and recommended rest and prescribed pain and swelling pills which he has been following doctors orders. That was on saturday and it is thursday now and he puts more weight on the leg (before he didnt put any weight) but he is still limping. Will he stay like this forever or does this take more time to heal?

I was wondering how would i sleep through the night if i have to keep monitoring my pup, do i sleep on the floor with him or so i even sleep at all ? i'm worried something might happen

My Pit Bull fractured a growth plate in his hip. The veterinarian said that the fracture was only partial and not all the way through. She recommended getting surgery and that he would most likely need FHO surgery. Is there any other option besides surgery to have him heal properly? It’s been 2 days since the injury and his behavior is starting to return to almost normal

My puppy has been on Hip & Joint Supplement and this Advance Joint. He is now bearing weight on Fractured Shoulder with his leg previously bandaged up by vet.

Is this a good sign of healthy healing

Hello my 8 month old beagle fractured his tibia and surgery was performed. His bone is healing and we began rehabilitation twice a week. He had three challenging obstacles, first was bone infection which healed, second was bone healing was not occurring but that changed and now is the mucscle contraction. His bottom leg, honk, is not bending. Any suggestions on what we can do to help his leg bend and perform correctly? We have started to massages, use warm presses, laser therapy, and water treadmill.

Could this be honk instability?

Hello my 8 month old beagle fractured his tibia and surgery was performed. His bone is healing and we began rehabilitation twice a week. He had three challenging obstacles, first was bone infection which healed, second was bone healing was not occurring but that changed and now is the mucscle contraction. His bottom leg, honk, is not bending. Any suggestions on what we can do to help his leg bend and perform correctly? We have started to massages, use warm presses, laser therapy, and water treadmill.

Could this be honk instability?

My dog has been diagnosed with swelling in his growth plates in all 4 legs. I'm not so worried about him hurting himself he is pretty lethargic. What im wondering is would a bath or icing his legs help with some of the discomfort he is feeling? Or is there something else I can do for him?

My puppy teddy is 6 months and Fell about 1 ft off the ground. My vet took X-rays and said it's a fracture of the proximal tibia and growth plate is enlarged. They said that surgery would be best and he would recover well. It's been a 8 days now and he is not limping as much but still limping. Do you recommend surgery? And how well do dogs recover from this ? Thanks so much

My 7 month old beagle fell off my bed and broke his leg. I took him to my veterinarian and they performed surgery. Unfortunately, the first surgery was not successful because we weren’t instructed on how to properly take care of him during this process. The vet performs another surgery and two weeks later, the pins and screws are falling off. The vet then decides to remove the pins, plates, and screws. His fracture now looks worse than it started. It seems like the bone is not healing. It’s forming calcification but in the wrong areas. The vet said we have two options, letting the bone heal but it won’t heal correctly or amputate his leg which is not an option. We decided to take him to a orthopedic specialist. Any suggestions? Could it be that his growth plate is affected?

Hello. My 10 weeks old puppy flew down the three stairs of our patio this afternoon. I witnessed the whole thing in shock as he screamed bloody hell for about 30 seconds. I held homme in my arms and he calmed down. He hit the ground (concrete) on his right side. He is not limping but seems to have no energy. He has been lying down and sleeping since. He has eaten and drank normally but wont play. He wimpers a bit in his sleep which is what worries me. Should i go to the vet? Thanks

My 12 week old Golden Retriever puppy broke his leg a few weeks ago. We rushed him to the emergency vet hospital and they confirmed he had a break at his knee right at his growth plate. They sent us home with a "cast" (wrapped tight) and surgery was preformed 2 days later. They had to repair the cartilage in his knee as well as place pins to hold everything together. We had an appt 7 days later and the new cast was removed. He is not walking around, putting little to no pressure on his leg. I am nervous that he does not have a cast or anything protective on his leg. Is this a typical time-frame for the cast to be removed? Today he bumped his leg (or fell on it) and whimpered in pain for a few minutes. His leg was pulled up tight towards his body and it took several minutes to get it to straighten out again. We go back to the surgeon in 5 days, but I'm wondering if this is typical after surgery? Thank you!!!!

After viewing x rays, the vet diagnosis was malformed tibias. Bailey’s tibias on her back legs do not connect to her knees. The vet says she has never seen this and that it is rare with no known treatment. Would there be any surgery or treatment options?

My 8 month german shepherd starting limping on his right leg for a couple days now he limps on both front legs and is in discomfort, he dont like to put any weight on his front legs. he didnt injure himself anyway,out of the blue he started limping. Could it be Pano?

My four month old golden retriever puppy was bitten on the top of the paw by an older dog at daycare (was on back in submissive position). Had an open puncture wound and the tooth also scraped the bone and dented it. Vet put splint (going above wrist joint) and bandages on it to ensure it would not fracture. Went every week to have bandage changed. I came home just before 4 weeks of splinting and he was holding it in the air (my daughter watched him that day) and refused to walk on it. Cut off bandage & splint and noted his elbow had calcified bone of about 1/2 inch literally growing sideways into splint. Was now chafing him and bloody. Further noted that his leg looks crooked. Goes down straight from elbow, big deformity on wrist then paw now faces outward instead of straight. Paw is also raised up in the front with nails in air. Vet said this happened when you splint puppies and he should be able to walk it off. Limps after walking for a while. This just seems incredibly wrong and afraid he will be deformed for life and go lame. Need a second opinion here.. does this sound like something that will self heal? Vet is owned by same person as daycare.

4 month old puppy growth plate xray showed separated she didn't seem like she had pain just limping my vet put a splint on and bandage will this heal on its own without surgery