Not a great end to the weekend .....

[coopersmom]

This weekend we were away camping with Cooper at my brothers seasonal campground which has a "dogs must always be on a leash rule". My sister-in-law and I were on an after dinner walk with the dogs, Cooper and his fur-cousin Maddie, when an unleashed dog (Lab/Golden mix) came running off of a campsite and spooked the ever cautious (when meeting new dogs ) Cooper, who quickly backed away and tried to get behind me. The owner came running out to say don't worry he is a gentle dog and after a brief conversation took his dog and went back to their site. It was then that I felt this horrible throbbing in my finger. I passed Coopers leash to my sister in law and had a look....my finger was already swollen and boy did it hurt. I spent the evening icing the finger and by the next morning it was bruised and looked like a sausage roll (my daughters words lol). Long story short...I have a spiral fracture of my baby finger on my left hand

[SnapV]

Oh wow that must hurt I really really hate when people break leash laws or rules, it's always the people and dogs who abide them who pay it seems

[CraftHer]

I hope your finger feels better, soon.

[coopersmom]

Oh wow that must hurt I really really hate when people break leash laws or rules, it's always the people and dogs who abide them who pay it seems

That is so true, I usually scan around for loose dogs, but my sister-in-law reassured me that the campground was quite strict on their leash policy. Turns out the gentleman who was with the loose dog, was dog-sitting and not the owner, so perhaps he didn't really fully understand the rule. Unfortunately for me, I may miss up a few weeks of work because my finger is in the splint and I work as a nurse and there is no way I can keep my hand clean or wear a glove on it. Thankfully Cooper is fine, he was attacked and bit by a loose dog in a campground when he was young and is still nervous when a dog comes charging out at him. It usually takes him a few minutes to warm up to new dogs and doesn't like them coming at him at full speed until he knows them.

On a positive note he loved swimming, hiking and play time with his fur-cousin this weekend

[Polly Pipkin]

Oh no - poor you! A very similar thing happened to me when Duchess was rushed by two dogs - my right hand, ring finger, spiral fracture. it took weeks for it to heal properly and even now I get twinges when the weather changes. I wear my grandmother's wedding ring (very old gold) on that finger now and it really helps with the pain.

I had mine splinted in a curve, not straight so it is more natural. I also had hand therapy.

I hope your little finger heals more quickly than mine did! Keeping you in my thoughts.

[bett]

nuts.hope it heals fast. and it makes me hate stupid people even more.

[Jax's Mom]

Prayers to heal quickly. People should follow the rules no matter how well behaved their dog is.

[Bamps]

Wow, that sucks. I hope you heal quickly, broken fingers HURT!!

[POPTOP]

OUCH! Happened to DD when she was holding Quincy's collar and it got twisted. Ended up having to have a pin put in to hold healing position.

Sending healing thoughts. It's not fun.

[Georgie]

hope it heals quickly! I've never heard this before but from the responses it seems like it can happen. Did your finger twist around the lead?