I'm sorry but if my dog was holding up a leg and not using it I would DEMAND my vet do an x-ray. "they don't think its broken?" I don't care what they "think", I'd want proof. An x-ray takes all of 30 seconds to do and will determine if the leg is broken or not. What if you don't have an x-ray done and after a week or two she still isn't using it? then you go to get an x-ray and they realize it IS broken and has been broken since she was attacked. Now you and your vet have let this poor little dog suffer for weeks because you "think" she is ok. And now you have a broken leg that hasn't been properly set or fixed immediately so it is starting to heal wrong. Plus the ends of the broken bone parts are no longer sharp because they've been grinding together so they won't fit back together perfectly. Most likely the leg will need surgery to fix because it was neglected and the surgery will probably be harder to do because its not a "fresh" injury.
Please do your dog a favor and take her to a proper vet to have an overall evaluation and leg x-ray done.
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