Yea the left rear one is the one that’s giving him problems. When we adopted him in 04 he had plates and screws in both rear hocks. He started having problems with the left one a couple of years ago, and we had the hardware removed about 6 months later hoping that would help. It is still giving him a lot of problems though.
The source of the original problem are those big ole ham muscles. They can exert so much force it can snap a hock like a toothpick. It is unusual for the owner of a racer to spend the money to have something like a broken leg repaired. Pops was a money dog though so after the first break they fixed him up and raced him some more. The second break would have been the end of him for sure if he hadn’t already been requested by an adoption group with the resources to pay for something like that again. He is a very luck hound.
The source of the original problem are those big ole ham muscles. They can exert so much force it can snap a hock like a toothpick. It is unusual for the owner of a racer to spend the money to have something like a broken leg repaired. Pops was a money dog though so after the first break they fixed him up and raced him some more. The second break would have been the end of him for sure if he hadn’t already been requested by an adoption group with the resources to pay for something like that again. He is a very luck hound.
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
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