(Duke's Story)You will hear more related reports from me about this subject in the nearest future, and you will see, and hear about his hopefully fast, and most pain free recovery.
The Front Legs of a dog are actually Arms, and the Radius and Ulna are the two bones that comprise the forearm (just like in humans). Fractures of these bones are frequently encountered in Papillons, and other Toy Breeds, or small dogs.
- Small breed dogs have a poor blood supply to the lower fourth of the radius bone, therefore it is more susceptible to being fractured; also healing of the fracture can take longer than other bones in the body.
- The radius is the main weight-supporting bone; the ulna bone supports very little weight.
- If the radius fractures, the ulna usually fractures too.
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| Radius-Ulna Fracture in a Dog |
The personal story of Duke is simply, that he played with 2 other Paps in a room, where I was sitting watching TV. I took one of the Paps out to go potty, and in that ,less than a minute, absence of mine, he must have jumped down to the hardwood floor from my chair I was sitting on . That is the only possibility he had, to jump from anything in that room, and it is only the heights from the seat of a chair.
- The smaller the dog, the bigger the chance to have a leg fracture.
- In small breed dogs, landing on the front limbs from a fall is the most common cause of fracture of the radius (example: dog falls out the owners arms).