Posted: 7/27/2010 9:40:22 AM EDT
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My 10 month old dog is limping today. His right rear leg lifts up when he puts weight on it, and he hops around a bit. It seems that it is worse when he first gets up from a rest or nap. After a while he is running around and it is not very noticeable. It doesn't seem like it is tender to the touch. (He lets me touch it). Advice for a "new" dog owner? video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIGMUO76k0M |
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My 10 month old dog is limping today. His right rear leg lifts up when he puts weight on it, and he hops around a bit. It seems that it is worse when he first gets up from a rest or nap. After a while he is running around and it is not very noticeable. It doesn't seem like it is tender to the touch. (He lets me touch it). Advice for a "new" dog owner? Chack the pads and between the pads to make sure theres no thorn of debris stuck in the foot? if not is there a cut? if not, could be something a bit more serious and I'd suggest getting to the vet and have them check as you want to nip this in the bud asap. |
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Give it a few days. Every once in a while my basset will come up limping. I can't get her to show any pain no matter how I manipulate it. Then she gets over it in a few days. I think they kind of sprain their ankle every so often.
Wife always wants to go to vet immediately. I have saved money by resisting this plan of action. 
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Look at his pads, compare the pads on the injured leg to the unaffected leg. My Malinois has a tendency to injure her pads when running on pavement/hard ball surfaces. If it looks like a regular abrasion I have used Neosporin on the injured site to help it heal up. Caveat, if it looks bad i.e. infected or in need sutures DO NOT wait to take him to the Vet as it will only get worse and more expensive to fix.
Hope this helps. |
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He is a brittany. Tons of energy. Sprints for hundreds of yards each morning/day. Fastas lightning. I've seen him "slip" sometimes when trying to corner too quicky on wet grass. I didn't see anything happen to him today, but he was limping in the late morning.
When he was really young (2 months old) there was some clicking in the right hip joint. It stopped after a week or two. Vet said he might grow out of that. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Not sure what breed of dog you have -edit, just saw you replied as soon as I posted-, but a couple years ago our Rott ruptured a ligament in her knee, we had to have it repaired surgically by having a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+2084&aid=474
It might be worth the peace of mind to have it checked out by the vet, just to make sure it isn't something serious. I'm glad we did as soon as she started limping around. |
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It could be nearly anything... temporary sprain, not-so-temporary ligament damage, displasia, valley fever, paw/pad injury, etc.
If it were me, I'd try to limit his activity a bit when possible & give it some time to see if it sorts itself out (after physically examining what you can, like pads/paws). My logic being that anything serious most likely won't get effectively worse over a week or two, and most of the time when dogs end up limping... it is a temporary injury. If it doesn't correct itself shortly, then I'd go to the vet. Going to the vet immediately is probably the BEST thing to do. But if I went to the vet every time my dogs had a limp, I'd be living under a cardboard box. |
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Give it a few days. Every once in a while my basset will come up limping. I can't get her to show any pain no matter how I manipulate it. Then she gets over it in a few days. I think they kind of sprain their ankle every so often. Wife always wants to go to vet immediately. I have saved money by resisting this plan of action. http://vmedia.rivals.com/UserMedia/FanPagesPhoto/Gallery/108/O94808.jpg My dachshund does the same thing. She plays fetch pretty hard. Sometimes I think she might just twist it the wrong way. After a couple days she doesn't feel it. When I pick her up I can move it all around and it doesn't bother her. |
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Give it a few days. Every once in a while my basset will come up limping. I can't get her to show any pain no matter how I manipulate it. Then she gets over it in a few days. I think they kind of sprain their ankle every so often. Wife always wants to go to vet immediately. I have saved money by resisting this plan of action. http://vmedia.rivals.com/UserMedia/FanPagesPhoto/Gallery/108/O94808.jpg Priceless picture. |
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Video of him limping. This video is hard to see, but let me know what you think. I confined him to rest yesterday. He was stir crazy, but the whole morning today, he did not limp. Then in the afternoon, he started limping again. Now he is limping worse than the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIGMUO76k0M |
| Do you have hardwood floors, or lots of surfaces that aren't carpeted inside? As a previous poster mentioned, high-energy dogs often try to run around in the house, and if the surface is slippery, it can spell trouble for knees/hips, just like if you went for a run and rolled an ankle. How long has the limp been noticeable? If still limping by Monday, definitely make a trip to the vet... |