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Any OT vets out there?
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:05 pm
I noticed my dog has been hobbling. He's not wanting to put his weight on his back left foot some of the time. He has been walking on it a little bit, albeit with a limp. He's a 5 LB Maltese. Is there anything I should check? I looked at his leg and his foot, it doesn't appear that there is a break, but I'm not really sure. Should I just take him to the vet now or maybe wait a little while to see if he gets better? I don't want him to stay hurt, but at the same time, it seems like it comes and goes. He was playing earlier after I noticed him hobbling.
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Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:06 pm to LSUSkip
Kick him again
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:07 pm to LSUSkip
give it a week. Unless its gets worse.
if it were broken you'd know. The fact that its intermittent lameness would make me be more patient with it.
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I looked at his leg and his foot, it doesn't appear that there is a break, but I'm not really sure
if it were broken you'd know. The fact that its intermittent lameness would make me be more patient with it.
This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:07 pm to LSUSkip
Small dogs have knee issues. That's all I got. Take the pup to a vet.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:12 pm to tigerinthebueche
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it were broken you'd know. The fact that its intermittent lameness would make me be more patient with it.
Yea, I feel like it may be something like a pulled muscle, but I don't know how common that is in a dog.
ETA: he literally walked across the living room on it and just had the slightest limp. I was massaging his leg earlier, so maybe that helped?
This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:15 pm to LSUSkip
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Any OT vets out there?
I'm a veteran of the OT since 2004.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:16 pm to LSUSkip
Never ran across anything like this while I was in the Navy, sorry this Veteran could not help.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:18 pm to LSUSkip
Check his toe nails. Sometimes they can get sneaky ingrown nails that can bother them. It happened to the chihuahua I used to have. He acted like he was on his deathbed.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:21 pm to LSUSkip
He get any shots lately? When we brought ours in for vaccinations she started hobbling a little. She was just being a big baby
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:22 pm to LSUSkip
There's nothing a veterinarian can diagnose online with a physical injury like that. They need to see him.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:22 pm to LegendInMyMind
agreed = ours gets that when she has a nail issue. also if he/she was running outside, they could have stepped on a rock. it happens to ours, and she will limp pretty good for a day or so and it gets better.
is the foot swollen any? ours stepped on a bee once, and it made her limp for a week or so - but her foot swelled pretty noticably after the sting
is the foot swollen any? ours stepped on a bee once, and it made her limp for a week or so - but her foot swelled pretty noticably after the sting
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:24 pm to LSUSkip
How's his attitude, would you consider your Maltese cross?
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:24 pm to LSUSkip
Did you check his nails? If I go too long between trimming one of my dog’s nails, he will split it and limp around for a while until I catch him and cut it for him.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:28 pm to Thracken13
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ours stepped on a bee once, and it made her limp for a week or so - but her foot swelled pretty noticably after the sting
That happened to mine once. He stepped on a bee, but you would have thought someone shot him.
I think he just had sensitive feet. Hell, he survived a brush with a coyote with less trouble than he did the ingrown nail and the bee. Granted, he was a bit more skittish in the early mornings when he was out after that. Almost becoming coyote dinner will do that to a baw, I guess.
This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:32 pm to blueridgeTiger
After a brief hiatus, I am now active duty OT.
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:46 pm to LegendInMyMind
yeah ours has been jumped by 3 dogs in our apartment complex because people refuse to put them on a leash - 1 time my wife was bit 3 times on the leg - i was out of town.
so happy to get moved into our new house with a fenced yard so she wont have to deal with that crap anymore.
back to the OP - i bet it is a nail issue
so happy to get moved into our new house with a fenced yard so she wont have to deal with that crap anymore.
back to the OP - i bet it is a nail issue
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:53 pm to LSUSkip
800MG Motrin ftw
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:55 pm to LSUSkip
My dog just one day couldn’t put any weight on his leg without screaming bloody murder, and he’s pretty tough. It bothered him for a couple of weeks to the point where he wasn’t eating much and was generally very lazy and standoffish. Didn’t know what to do, so I just quit throwing the frisbee and ball with him and let him rest. After about a week and a half he was perfectly fine. No clue what happened
Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:58 pm to BabySam
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800MG Motrin ftw
Only if a dead dog is considered a win
Do NOT do this
Agree w giving it a little time and I would restrict activity as much as possible while giving him time
Check nails for broken or fractured nails
If still lame after a 5 days of activity restriction or the lameness is progressing during that time I would rec having him seen
Posted on 1/5/23 at 1:43 pm to BabySam
the frick is wrong with you
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