| Re: Hind leg limp
Don't want to sugest this is the case, but happened to me recently. Cas (5yr old Rott) developed a limp suddenly after a walk down the canal. He is very athletic and strong so I thought initially it was just a pulled muscle. After leaving him a couple of days to rest it still did not improve.
I visited the vet who manipulated the leg, but did not find any obvious pain areas. After a course of anti-inflamatories and pain killers for a week still no improvement.
Visited a good vet surgeon afterwards who informed me that it looked like a definite case of torn Cruciate. Manipulation doesn't necessarily highlight pain as the dogs tend to tense the muscle to counteract the manipulation of the leg. Took some X-rays to examine the joints but she didn't expect to find anything as a torn ligament will not show, but it eliminated bone and cancer related problems.
After surgery was informed that the cruciate was completely torn. We're 3 weeks on the road to recovery now which is difficult when you have 2 dogs, but getting there.
Hope all goes well for you...  |