Hi Jim...I'm sorry to hear about the baby girl's foot and I hope she will be o.k. with some therapy.
Let me tell you our story...not a Yorkie but a baby duck. We used to take the duck eggs from the river bank and hatch them out so they were safe, they we would return the babies to the water once they were big enough to make it on their own.
So, one of the baby ducks was born with a foot much like you described...crooked leg, foot turned under and to the inside. My husband decided to make a splint for his leg so he made it out of a straw...just split it down the side and slide it over the leg...it's enough support to keep the leg straigt, or at least it was on the duck. He also made a little sandal of sorts...he made it the shape of the duck's foot, it was heavy cardboard so it had a little weight to it. We would straighten out foot, lay the sandal under his toes and tape it in place. We had to change it once a day so we would stretch his little foot and work it a bit each time we took the cardboard off...then we would replace his sandal. We did this for a couple of weeks and it really helped him...he was able to live and swim normally.
Maybe something like that would help your little girl as long as the mother didn't bother it. |