Carpal Wraps For Wrist/leg Deformities

[puggy_puggy]

I'm investigating as to whether a carpal wrap would be of assistance with a 6 month old pug.

When she came into rescue at 7 weeks she had quite severe knuckling over and valgus of the wrist. Her diet was changed which greatly improved both problems and now at 6 months her wrist and leg is much stronger but it is still a little wonky and you can see that she has a slight bowing of the leg.

She is a tiny little pug 4.5kg and at the most she will probably only get to 5.5kg.

When she was with me, from 7 weeks to 5 months, my vet said that he would rather not split the leg (he last saw her at 4 months) as it can cause other problems and it was better to let her grow and gain strenght in the leg.

I am wondering now that she is 6 months if a soft carpal wrap would be of assistance? Something like this http://www.dogleggs.com/files/carpalbrace.cfm

Here's a photo of her with her sister and mum. She is in the middle and you can see that her front leg on the right bows.

Edited September 15, 2008 by puggy_puggy