Xen limping!

Sammy2011 · #1 14-10-11, 07:38 PM

Xen is limping on his front right leg. I have checked his paw, their is nothing un-toward there, his leg doesn't look swollen or anything, however the limp is quite noticable when he walks, gets up from lying down. The only thing I can think it is, when we were playing with his ball on the field today, as he tried to grab his ball he tripped and did a roly-poly, do you think he's pulled a ligament or something? How long shall I give it, to see an improvement before contacting the vets? I have been trying to keep him calm etc since, we haven't been on our 2nd walk tonight because of this, however keeping a 9 mth old shepherd calm isn't easy

wildmoor · #2 14-10-11, 07:52 PM

small lead walks untill after weekend if no change or worse take him but may need xrays to check shoulder or elbows

Sammy2011 · #3 14-10-11, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by wildmoor

small lead walks untill after weekend if no change or worse take him but may need xrays to check shoulder or elbows

Ok, thanks Pam. Just our luck for this to happen when we're meant to be doing our Bronze on Weds

Kaz and Harvey · #4 15-10-11, 08:18 AM

Harvey has been limping for nearly a week, we took him to the vets and they said he had a swollen elbow........I had checked him out but the vet stretched his leg and my poor boy yelped
But I have been giving him short on lead walks of no more than 15 mins a time
But he still wants to play!