Cut Achilles Tendon?

[matthewrbarnard]

I had my main strike dog get his achilles tendon cut completely through tonight by a big boar.  Got him to the vet and they plan on doing surgery first thing in the morning.  Just wanted to see if anyone on this board had ever had this happen before and see how there dog hunted once he recovered from it.  Any input would be appreciated.

[son]

Last year one of mine got his cut. Took him to the vet they got it put back together. Had to leave it in a cast for 2 months than only light exercise for the next 6 months. You can hardly tell now, dont seem to bother him at all

[matthewrbarnard]

Last year one of mine got his cut. Took him to the vet they got it put back together. Had to leave it in a cast for 2 months than only light exercise for the next 6 months. You can hardly tell now, dont seem to bother him at all

My vet told me pretty much the same thing.  Said he'd be in a cast 2 months also.  So once he was out of the cast you just had to keep him in a pen where he couldn't run around on it?

[coyote hunter]

once hes outta the cast  u wanna allow a lil movement so itll start building strength  but not much at 1st  work them up slowly 

[southtexasff]

What is the time frame if the achillies gets cut on getting it repaired?

[matthewrbarnard]

What is the time frame if the achillies gets cut on getting it repaired?

Well my dogs was cut yesterday afternoon and the vet isn't going to start on the surgery until this evening sometime.  But he told me last night that the longer you wait, the harder it is to stretch the tendons back down in order to sew them together.  He said that once they were cut, the longer you wait, the more they constrict and draw up away from each other.  So i would say as soon as possible you would need to get him to the vet to have it repaired.

[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

My buddy has a blue lacy male dog that got his cut into.  They sewed it back together but he was never 100%.  Now that dont mean he couldnt hunt in fact the only thing it did was make him not want to swim other than that he just favored it in the woods.

[craig]

i have a gyp that had her tendon cut completely into by a big boar 2 yrs ago.  i went thru the same deal as metioned but she chewed the stitches out  had to take her back in and have it re done, i had one of those big deals(lamp shade  ) on her neck but some how she got around it to chew the cast and stiches out.
i would recomend making an extra long one for your dog dont take a chance on him chewing it out.  it took my dog over a year to get right again, but now you wouldnt know she was ever hurt.

what did it cost you to have it repaired, i spent about $500 on my dog, thats having it re-done and all.

[matthewrbarnard]

I dont know what its going to cost yet, but i'm sure its going to be at least $500.  My vet told me that they have a new kind of cast now...i can't think of the material its made out of, but he said dogs can't hardly chew through it to get to the stitches.  So since he'll be in the cast for 2 months, hopefully he wont get to his stiches.  How long did it take before you hunted him again after you got it sewed up the last time?

[craig]

i didnt hunt that dog for almost a year after surgery.  she was still limping and the tendon was pretty big still, it has gone down now, but i shure wasnt going to rush her.  she is sound as a dollar now.

[make-em-squeel]

i didnt hunt that dog for almost a year after surgery.  she was still limping and the tendon was pretty big still, it has gone down now, but i shure wasnt going to rush her.  she is sound as a dollar now.

Give Obama a little longer and we will be questioning the soundness of our paper dollar  Lol

[Cristina]

I had a dog get his achilles tendon cut when he was a pup, we took him to the vet and they were talking about charging A LOT of money and at the time we didnt know if it was worth spending a lot of money on him. The vet told us to heal his wound but that he wouldnt be the same of course because his tendon was cut....well he healed alright, hunted just as well as the others, ran as fast as the others. You could never tell unless you looked really close and could see that one foot was angled a tad bit lower than his other one but you had to really look close. He passed away this year at 6 years old and he never had any problems with his foot. I guess the difference is that he was young when he got injured. But, he was just as good as any of our other dogs.

Heres a pic back on 08 so you see you cant even tell of his injury.

[dub]

It depends on the age. A puppy can heal faster and with less help. I would do whatever the vet said as long as they work with hunting dogs. They are less likely to overcharge because some guys will shoot the dog if it cost too much. We got a dog in a cast right now. He will bite off any collar but has not got through the cast.

[hogslayer6]

what did it look like when it was cut? i had a dog get knicked the other morn just wondering?

[coach]

After the cast gets taken off. Hang the food bowl out of reach where he must stand on the back two legs to get to it to stretch the tendon out. End up rehabilitating it for them and take em to pond tied to a long pole and let him swim in the pond for 10 min, couple of times a week. Will be better than you had him before.

Coach

[matthewrbarnard]

It was just a big entrance hole and small exit hole where the tusk went through but it was bleeding NON-STOP.  Thats why i took him to the vet was bc i couldn't stop the bleeding.  Right when the vet saw him he felt up in the cut and said they tendon was cut in two.

[lacurdog]

My wifes gyp was cut 2 years ago.She made a complete recovery.Keep the dog on crate rest for 6 weeks until healed and then walking on a leash.A little at a time goes a long way.She had 2 surgeries the 1st  was 2 days after.The vet told me after a week i would have to take her somewhere else.My wife brought her to LSU and they did a wonderful job.You cannot tell she was ever cut.The surgeries were very expensive -  around 4,000 dollars.