Limping

Hugos~ · Post by **Hugos~** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:54 pm

Last night While i was playing with Hugo,i noticed he was limping..I'm not sure what injured him,i massaged his hands and felt nothing broken,and he did not scream ,so i guess it didnt hurt him.Should I take him to the vet?

Jeff&Peks · Post by **Jeff&Peks** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:09 pm

All the vet will do is squezz his paw and move his leg around looking for a reaction or a yelp. See how he's doing tomorrow if he's still limping he might need X-rays. Check his Paw, some times little pebbles and sticks, Maybe a foxtails (Thorn) get stuck in the pads.

JH · Post by JH » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:18 pm

If you give him a full exam yourself as Jeff suggested, manipulating his legs and joints and don't provoke any pain response, I would chalk it up to growing pains. Often when they go through a growth spurt, their bones and muscles don't develop at exactly the same pace. The bones will grow and the muscles won't have caught up creating pain for them. It normally passes in a day or so. Just be careful not to let him do too much exercise or play too hard.

Hugos~ · Post by **Hugos~** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:00 am

i did fall on his leg once,but it was very slight.We were out running,then he saw a bird,and went in front of my legs.and i tripped,got his legs,he yelped,but i did lessen the fall...with my arms!And for these growth spurts,how long do they last ?

JH · Post by JH » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:07 am

Puppies tend to get easily distracted, so it's very easy for them to get tangled up in your legs when you are walking, especially if they are not on a leash. I have to be very careful when I go out in the backyard since our puppy will scramble around between my legs.

As for the growth spurts and the associated limping, it normally stops within a day. Sometimes ours will get up and limp around when he first starts walking, and then it disappears in an hour. The longest amount of time that he ever experienced it was for three days.