let's talk about how to tell if the dog has broken its paw Paw's since they are in contact with the ground are very commonly one of the first things that get injured easily dogs can jump off of things and fracture feet they can also get crushed or get hit by car all sorts of things can cause a broken paw there are many different types of bones that are in the paw or feet just like it is in our hand there are toes the digits that is metacarpals and carpals so there are many many different bones that could be affected or fractured so if you think that there is a fracture the way you're going to tell is dogs with a fracture bone in their paw are not going to put weight on it typically it's also going to be very swollen and very painful we do not suggest to try to see if it's painful or swollen by feeling of it because you can also get injured yourself if you think that there is a fracture or an injury to a paw then definitely get your dog to a veterinary clinic either your day clinic or an emergency clinic and they can do radiographs and they can do bandaging and splinting and to find out or just to treat your pet they also on top of that the thing is to do pain management because fractures are very very painful and they can help you with that as well