Very intersting thank you for posting. You see I am beginnning to wonder if when we go to see the specialist if he/she may have other ideas. I would be more than pleased if it was something as simple as bad sprain.

If the footage and photos have come out well enough I am going to send them to his breeder she has been in the breed 20+ years so she may have some ideas. May post them on here too later under a different thread.

I sent some photos of that funny back toe which is on the same leg which is giving him trouble at the moment and a video.

She has watched the video and looked at the photos.

She says he still isn't weight bearing properly on the leg and the improvement she can see is what she would expect from being on anti flamms.

She says he is in proportion and she is glad to see I am keeping his weight under control I am pleased with that comment. The interesting bit is she wonders if the funny toe is dislocated which is giving him the problems with the leg. She says get the whole leg x-rayed top to toe and mention about the possibility of dislocation to the toe. I am so pleased I sent that video and those photos.

That would definitely account for the limp so well worth checking out

Gorden said he felt that could be the problem.

Goodness when he did that as I have noticed that toe a bit funny for a few weeks now or how he did it.

It definitely was not like that when we brought him home. What a terrible mum I am if thats the case. Just hoping if it is that it is better than a cruciate op.

I had wondered if it was a broken toe as its very common in greyhounds.
I thought the vet had given it a good examination though and she would have been able to tell if it was dislocated or broken.
Worth mentioning it again as when you said you hadn't noticed it when you got him I thought it can't really be a birth defect.

Bev she examined the knee not the toe she just picked up that it looked odd. I trust his breeders input. You can't of been in the breed as long as she has plus a dog groomer for many years and a dog warden at one point and not know a bit about what you are talking about can you ?

Roll on the specialist appointment I will ring vet tomorrow if no news.

Sorry Lynn but I find thate fact she knew he was limping and picked up the toe looked odd but didn't then examine it quite bad.
Surely you would check something like that with the symptoms that were presented.
She could have told on examination if it was dislocated .

I am kind of in two minds on this. To be fair he did present as if he was showing signs of cruciate and on examination that seemed to be the problem.

But yes I do agree why didn't she examine the toe further ?

Thing is his breeder has put this thought forward and whether the vet diagnosed it or not he would still need to go to the RVC to have it sorted which to be honest I am pleased about as I know from experience they are amazing.

I do have faith in the vets where I go but I also know if they are unsure they will refer to the specialist which suits us fine. He is insured and it will cost us the excess £80 to find out the real problem and hopefully have it sorted PDQ.

No no no no no. If, and only if, Dillon's toe had been "a bit funny" and you had not noticed it from when you brought him home, well why on earth should you? Why on earth would you?

What would make you want to check him over from nose to tail, including each and every toe, if you had no idea that there might, and I repeat might, be a congenital toe problem which might, and again I repeat might, cause him to limp on that leg as he grew?

Or, limp on the opposite site to compensate?

Maybe, hopefully not, Dillon has done a nasty with his leg to cause the problem. But also maybe it is just due to a malformed toe joint or a dislocated toe joint?

Everything crossed that whatever it is the delumptious Dillon will be sorted as quickly as possible.

Oh no Lynn sorry I've only just seen this I've been away and just got back last night.

Your poor little baby. What a worry for you.

Please please don't ever let me hear you say again that you are a bad owner. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Everything crossed here for Dylan and hopefully it will be nothing serious.

Hugs for you xx