Hey Blur, missed this yesterday - just looked quickly, but some arthritis on her left lateral carpal (wrist) bones? Did your vet find any bone fragments or chips in there? Any soft tissue (tendon / ligament) damage noted?
It's actually her right which is giving the trouble, nothing in the bones seem bad, but as you can see there is some soft-tissue swelling on the inside. He never mentioned bone chips or any definite soft-tissue damage, but did see something on this x-ray that looked "powdery" on the front of her wrist bones.
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l43/blur911/baddogs/dec%2020%202016_2.jpg , hard to see anything in this photo, but it was more obvious when he showed it to us on their equipment where you could zoom in and adjust the contrast.
After the splint came off a couple of days later I noticed a small scab on the part that was swollen, which didn't look like it was caused by anything rubbing or in the splint, so we were wondering if there was a foreign body of some sort in there which worked its way out.
The swelling has gone down significantly in the last few days and she's limping a lot less.
Saw our vet yesterday and we're going to leave it for another 10 days or so and reassess as she seems to be on the mend. There is a veterinary physiotherapy clinic in Kingston, that might be our next stop if things don't improve enough.
Thanks for your insight.
