Has anyone had experience of a longdog/gazehound getting haematomas on the bit of "pin bone" that its sits on? Its a new one to me but would be interested to hear anyone elses views!

A bruse or blood loss under the skin at the site of the pin bone, one would think that they are caused by friction, try get your dog to rest on a soft surface. Oh! and sit down carefully. What does the vet suggest? Sorry that was not meant to be flippent, my dogs have well covered rumps and I'm not sure why the slimmer breeds would be so affected, or even if it is common, would be interested to know, as would you I expect.

I think that "well covered rumps" is the crucial point here! The pup in question, being a longdog, has what the vet called a"boney arse"!!!!!!!!
There is an acre of soft grass for her to sit on but she usually wants to sit in the cobbled stable yard, so that theory won't work! Any more ideas?!

Something there about Horses and Water I believe!

Sorry to sound flippant but I've never yet worked out how to covince a dog in a case like this, to lay or sit anywhere they don't want to!

Sorry, John

Cheers John, you're a big help mate!!!!!!!!!
Only kidding, any reply is better than none!

Hi Sam
My elderly lab used to do this, she loved lying and sitting in the sun baked yard, ignoring the garden and shrubbery that the Westies love re-arranging for me (!!) I visited a friends kennel once and saw she had "outside beds", which were wooden pallets with a piece of exterior ply wood nailed on top, to make it smooth. They all loved "perching" on these pallets and always lay on them. I would think if you put a generous piece of vet bed on top it may be fairly irresistable.
WL

Hi WL
Back to the drawing board I'm afraid!
The door to the dog room is open all day come rain or shine, with 2 three-seater sofas for their comfort, plus the kennel/run door is always open, with deep straw to lie on, and there is easy access to hay/straw barns at all times, but the longdog still sits on the concrete/cobbled yard! Vet bed is no go here, as the hounds love to drag it out into the garden & destroy it & it gets a bit expensive! I have found that sofas last marginally longer!

Hi Sam, I don't know how useful this is to you, but I have a 10 year old Basset in Australia, and today he das surgery for what on the CT looked liked a standard slipped disc, but it was a haematomoa on his spine at the L3-5 disc.  The surgeon was stunned and a little thrown when he saw it, and he said that haematomas happen all over the body, but a spinal one is odd...he has seen it in a dog that ate ratsack (warfarin), one had been hit by a swinging gate, and the third explaination was Van Willbonse disease- a platelet disease, which is very unlikely- or it has just been a freakish occurence!
I hope he recovers fully, but it was very very odd.  Does this help at all?