Definitive repair should be delayed until the patient can safely undergo anesthesia and surgery performed by veterinary personnel best equipped to manage MWD‘s post-operatively. There is no role for HCPs to attempt definitive repair of long bone fractures in MWDs. Standard practice human fracture management is to span the fracture with external fixation to stabilize during transport, with definitive repair at a later date. Spanning the fracture is not considered definitive repair, but is not appropriate for MWDs as they will be ambulatory and break the construct. Thus, temporary external skeletal fixation is not indicated in MWD long bone fractures. The goals for HCP care of MWDs are initial management, stabilization, and evacuation to veterinary medical personnel for definitive care.