I didn't want to do a post saying that he was having x rays because....well, you know.
He's had a limp for a few weeks but only after doing lots of exercise (which he does often, because he's ten months old).
He saw the locum vet on 31st Dec and she wasn't overly concerned but I said I wanted x rays done but would wait until our normal vet was back from holidays as she has a special interest in orthopedics.
So today was the day and I really did think they would say he has hip displacia (but was also terrified that they might say something 'else').
As it happens, his hips are perfect and all the way down his legs looks fine (we had filsm done of all parts of both back legs - not that we are overly hysterical about legs....or anything )
On about 23rd Dec, Ned fell over. He'd been running at speed and slipped so we can now assume, given clean xrays, that he has a soft tissue or ligament injury.
He's on a course of Rymadil and get this - at least one week of no off lead exercise OMG. Doesn't even bear thinking about (Ned is a lurcher with excellent recall and he goes off lead in good safe areas as is the norm in the UK).
I know nothing about this type of injury so anyone with any experience, please speak up
But a great big yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for clean x rays