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Take your dog to the vet! Would you just put a splint on your broken leg? I doubt it! The bone has to be set before a cast or splint is put on. Don't let your dog hobble around in pain because you don't want to spend the money at a vets. If you are truly low on funds some Animal Shelters will help out. Also, if you take your dog into a good vet you can sometimes make installments on the cost of the bill or work the bill off by cleaning cages, etc.
Edit: A splint on certain type of fractures is indeed effective. The factors to take into consideration are the age of the dog, degree and difficulty to which it has fractured, and your own dog's disposition.
If a dog is less than 6 months old, the bones heal quite rapidly. A transverse fracture can be splinted, if you run into money problems. Above all, if you ever have orthopedic procedures performed, CAGE REST your animal. They do not know to be still.
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∙ 15y agoYes, but it'll do it only as effectively as a human's leg would. This means it'll be a long, painful process that may have serious consequences all through the rest of the dog's life,, including possible eventual loss of the leg. Just as I'd tell you that you need to see a doctor about your own broken leg, I advise you to get your dog to a vet and get the dog's leg treated. If it's a money thing, talk to the vet about it and set up some kind of payment plan.
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∙ 13y agoa dog can maybe walk with a broken leg, or at least limp!
my dog broke her leg and she had her bandaged but she managed to carry on, so if you have a lab then yes or any other bigger dogs then yes!
but anything smaller no!
hope this has helped!
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∙ 11y agoDogs have the same power to heal that humans do, and if a dog's broken leg is splinted, the bone will eventually heal.
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∙ 13y agono unless your mom or dad works at a vet.
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