Raine, Hon, my heart goes out to the doggy, your friend and you. Please, do the doggy a favor; at least, get an x-ray. Then you will know how serious the injury is, and can work on it yourself with any advice from friends. But, if it is something serious, and you don't treat it now, the doggy might be in pain for a long time to come. They don't normally show pain, as this is not a good thing if you are an animal. In the wild you would be prey, killed, and eaten. Dogs have retained this aspect of not showing pain even though they are now domestic animals. Plus, if there is damage to the hip bone or any other bone and not taken care of now, it will set as is and possibly cause more harm to other areas of the dogs life. Doggy is much to young at only 6 mos. to have to suffer for the rest of its life.
As for the lump on his neck, he probably sustained injury there and it could be inflamed, or a clot, or a bruise. Although it may not appear that doggy needs professional attention, they normally do after being hit by a car. Please don't do this to the doggy. -------Original Message------- From: Raine Date: 05/08/05 15:02:26 To: undisclosed-recipients:, Subject: CS>OT: Help With Dog Injury My friend has a dog who was hit by a car yesterday. A financial emergency (that also occurred yesterday) makes a trip to the vet impossible. He is walking fine, eating, pottying, doesn't favor the rear, left leg/hip, but it will "give out" on occassion. She also says when he sits down, the leg/hip flops to the side. (Also, afterward he developed a lump on his neck? Any idea what that's about?) I've offered to help her treat him, and am hoping to draw on the wisdom of others who may have experience here. A bit of info on the dog; he's about 6 months old, Rott/Shepherd/Chow mix. We just adore him- he's my surrogate fur-child, so my heart is just breaking for him. Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have, Raine -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> .
