It is very common to find the length of the claws so excessive that the resulting overgrowth penetrates the soft structures, causing the part to suppurate, and the dog lameness.
Clip off the offending part with a sharp pair of nippers. As a rule, nothing further is required.
FRACTURES
The long bones, i.e., the bones of the limbs, are those commonly broken, but short, flat and irregular bones are frequently injured.
Broken back may happen when a dog is run over, but this is more liable to happen to a non-sporting dog, or rather to such as are kept in the neighbourhood of busy thoroughfares.
A senseless puppy sometimes meets with an accident of this class.
A dislocation is an injury whereby the bone is forced out of its place.
The short bones of the feet are often broken, and their repair is usually an easy one, though, as in the case of the other fractures, complicated, if a wound be present.
Fractures of the skull are not common injuries amongst dogs, and when they do occur, call for special skill in treatment.