RubyRu

just a little update - had x-rays done and took them to different vet who says he's pretty sure it's a fragment of cartlidge broke off in her elbow. Said it fitted in with history so far and suggested key hole/arthroscopy type investigation and if confirmed repair at same time involving removel of fragment/ tidy up etc with full recovery expected within 4-6wks! just thought may be useful info in case anyone comes accross something similar in the furure! Thanks again to those who replied and fingers crossed will be back in the fields sooner rather than later!

Hi all, Cheers for the comments and advice so far, much appreciated. few interesting ones there that I will look into. she's getting x-rays in the morning so will post results as and when I get them! hopefully will shed some light. Thanks again

Hi all, Apologies for my very first post being a request for help/advice but here goes!! We have a patterdale bitch just turned one who has had a problem with her front right leg for over 2 months now. It was not an acute/traumatic injury but more of a gradual thing. We started to notice she had a slight limp going on at night time after she had rested up for any period of time. Basically she would get up from her bed after resting/sleeping and limp for the first couple of meters before returning to normal. Intuition told us to obviously cut back on walks, tug toys etc for a while (s