baz 464 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 my 6 month old pup has developed a limp. he was running around playing when he started limping, i thought nothing of it because the next day he was fine, started playing again and the limp came back. i restricted him to walks on the lead for 10 days i let him off today and with in a minute the limp came back....im going to stick him in the porta-mag now but any other ideas would be appreciated Quote Link to post
Guest JDF Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 similar thing once with a collie/grey,vet injected some sort of cement into the wrist and was as right as rain in a few weeks with no recurrence. Quote Link to post
baz 464 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 i was thinking of takin him to a greyhound vet to check him out, there is none round here i think the closest decent one is newcastle Quote Link to post
Meerihunter 7 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) I used to go to Prince Bishop Veterinary Hospital when lived in the NE, a good greyhound vet there. Edited January 21, 2007 by Meerihunter Quote Link to post
poacherjim 0 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 might be a daft question but have you checked the foot properly as i once had this happen to mine and it turned out to be a half inch thorn about the thickness of a needle which didnt bother her after resting then as soon as she ran started to hurt again cost me 150 quid to get it cut out at the vets Quote Link to post
tote 856 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 my 6 month old pup has developed a limp. he was running around playing when he started limping, i thought nothing of it because the next day he was fine, started playing again and the limp came back. i restricted him to walks on the lead for 10 days i let him off today and with in a minute the limp came back....im going to stick him in the porta-mag now but any other ideas would be appreciated Are you sure it's his wrist baz,not a shoulder or one of his toes? Is there any swelling in the wrist?If there is stand the wrist in a bucket of cold water for 10minutes 2-3 times a day untill the swelling goes down. The portamag is handy,mine is on every day. Quote Link to post
baz 464 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 yeah ive checked feet..no cuts or thorns...there is no swelling or heat.. just a limp, maybe is a shoulder Quote Link to post
skycat 6,174 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Is it a front leg or a hind leg? Check the knee joint (stifle) if its a hind leg, and the wrist if its a front leg.Can you feel if there is any heat in the leg anywhere: compare it to the other leg! It is definitely worth getting to a greyhound vet if its not getting any better after a fortnight on the lead. Pups can sometimes crack bones, without displacing them, which would only show up under x-ray, and you keep the dog on a lead for a week then think its OK, and the minute they run again it hurts, but more to the point it sets the healing back to square one. Quote Link to post
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