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BCjetta: that's very interesting. I was told that the right part of the joint isn't broken, but the left part (where the callus is) is broken. which could then be the reason of the callus? thank you very much for the observation

a surgeon orthopedic suggested the Cartrophen injections (once a week for 4 weeks then once a month for 6 months) to Bcjetta and he/she shared it in the forum (in this thread). i don't live in the first world and couldn't find the injections here. i don't know if they would work in his case. BCjetta: do you know if the injections are in the toe joint, IM, sub cue?

We X rayed again the paw to re evaluate. He was with the less impact effort i could for nearly 7 weeks. I couldn't find cartophen injections but tried to find similar products. the only similar products in my country are for horses . We still have to go to the vet again. We think the left part of the fracture is welding. Not too much but at least something. As the 2 Xrays have very different quality. I used paint/software to try to compare both of them. Someone told us that the callus may cause him pain. Others that the callus will remodelate with time. For the moment we think we'll wait till march and reevaluate his toe, but we must see what the vet says. Vets (that are not his official vet) told me that the fracture should be very old, and that he can jump, run, etc with no side effects, that the pain should come from the callus. Perhaps they are right, but with no activity it looks he is not licking anymore in the middle of the leg (where it is the nerve that goes to his toe) As I cannot upload the images i will put them in a blog and share the images links. this is the new x ray with all his paw left new x ray, right old one (then a closer image old x ray (on the left) vs new x ray (on the right)) or in the blog where the image can be clicked http://uno-alifeinsouthamerica.blogspot.com/2013/09/xr-toe-september-2013.html

thanks.i have already asked one of the vets about cartrophen injections after reading this post. there are some things that i can not have in the third world like the orthopedic surgeon (and other things) but i will try to do the best i can and the more i can to see how it goes on. thanks again really

i will, for sure :) thanks again

many thanks for all your answers, all seem to go in the same direction, but each one added important things. since today i started with my dog in full rest, only walking on a leash, trying not to go running nor jumping, instead trying to do mental excercises It doesn't seem that any vet in this side would split, wrap or cast the toe, but i will try to talk with them about doing it.. thanks again

many thanks for your quick answers . they didn't put nothing on his toe and they say he can run (for them the matter is if there is pain for amputate, if there is no pain, they suggest goiing on with normal life) but i am trying to let him with the less exercise I can. I took the x rays with a vet that doesn't ask for an order from a vet, so I can do it again with him in some weeks thank you very much again

i need some suggestions of what you know people/vet do in this kind of cases. We have a 6 year old BC; he was licking his paw/leg in the middle of it. after lots of research, we found out he has a broken toe (the second of the 5 toes) with a callus. As he never complained nor limped, and he never showed pain (it doesn't mean he has or not, because he always keeps everything for his inside), we don't know when he fractured his toe, it may be years or not. The vet told us that the fracture weld only in one side, and, as there is a line on the x- ray, that part isn't weld. If the fracture is new (he think it is not probable), it can be weld convert all in one bone and all be ok. If it is old, he doesn't expect it will weld and, when that line with cartilague, support some efforts and on that efforts/movements, the dog may suffer. Also he think what he licked in the middle of the same leg is because of a nerve connected to his toe. If that is the case he want to amputate his toe. We live in southamerica and they are not used to treat working dogs, but the dog that sits by the armchair to see TV. I don't have problem to amputate his toe if it is the best for him, but i am not sure what it is done in first world (I put links of what I found on internet). If I accept and make a mistake i can't return his toe later, there won't be a return path to old situation. I need to know what people knows/experience many thanks i am adding his x rays, links i read; http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/saortho/chapter_38/38mast.htm http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/6230-broken-toe/ http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/saortho/chapter_26/26mast.htm#fractsphalanges http://www.caninesports.com/uploads/1/5/3/1/15319800/dewclawexplanation_rev_apr_10_2013.pdf