Obvious traumatic joint conditions involve luxation, instability from ligamentous disruption, and fracture. Luxation refers to the complete traumatic separation of opposing joint surfaces. The objective of this study was to identify and determine the prevalence of traumatic appendicular dislocations in dogs treated between January 2004 and December 2013 at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Federal University of Santa Maria. In a population of 1,200 dogs with suspected traumatic orthopedic diseases in the locomotor system, 245 (20.42%) dogs had traumatic appendicular luxations, and of these, 57.14% were composed of hip luxations (n=140), 15.1% patellar luxation (n=37), 9.8% elbow luxations (n=24), 5.71% sacroiliac luxations (n=14), 4.49% shoulder luxations (n=11), and 7.76% of dogs had other luxations (n=19), with the most frequent cause by car trauma (66.12%), falls (19.67%), and others (14.21%). Regarding gender, 50.2% were males and 49.8% females. About the distribution of age, 18.37% were juvenile, 31.84% young adults, 36.73% mature adults, and 13.06% geriatric. In relation to the racial distribution, 43.67% were mixed breed. According to the size, 13.11% were miniature, 50.48% small size, 22.81% mid-size, 13.11% large size, and 0.49% giant size. We conclude that the profile of dogs with traumatic luxations in the Central Region of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil is: male dogs, without defined breed, mature adults, small size, presenting with hip luxations by car accident.