rubiton Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Just wondering what the dog may have done. Was fine this morning - apparently was fine when taken to the park (only wandered around sniffing no running around madly or anything) then came home and went outside. Let back inside had slight limp. Fast forward to this afternoon when I get home and lame dog appears. No heat, no swelling, no reaction to having leg moved pressed etc. ONly found a bit of grass and stuff caked on one toe for some reason - again no obvious soreness on toes. Clean off with salt water and she seems to improve a little a straight after but is now back to lame again (varying degrees of lameness depending of if she needs to get to something but once calmed down still lame). When standing still lame leg is kept about an inch ahead of where it should be for full weight bearing and I reckon not quite straight at the knee but you can put it back where it should be and she will stand there fine. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundoglover Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Sounds like she may have injured the toe or nail. I had a dog who dislocated a toe once who behaved in a similar way to that which you've described. It is worth a trip to the vet if the dog doesn't spontaneously improve soon. Early treatment usually leads to quicker recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubiton Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Thanks for the suggestion re toe/nail. If she isnt fine in the morning she'll be going to the vet. Am beginning to think she may have done something jumping in or out of the car and it only kicked in once she was home as thats when he started to limp slightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundoglover Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 How is she today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILuvAmstaffs Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 How old is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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