Guest JJGrey Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) This is my first greyhound (first dog) and he's a 3yr old big boy. Last night he woke up from a nap and started limping out of no where. He didn't want to put pressure on his right forepaw. He'd been fine all day and started to walk normally when I took him out so I figured it had just fallen asleep or cramped or something. Then this morning, he wouldn't put any weight on it again. He let me check it out and didn't yelp but didn't seem to apprecite it either. Then the same thing happened-I took him out and after a bit he was walking just fine. I've heard of limps as a result of everything from plantar warts to cancer so I'm obviously concerned. I couldn't see anything wrong with it but he wasn't acting like himself. What tests should I make sure the vet does? Xrays for sure but is there anything else I should make sure happens? I'm waiting to hear from the vet now but to be honest, I'm not sure they are the best judge of grey health and the info I've gotten from gretalk in the past has had more expertise than the vet! I appreciate your help! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update - He's been at the vet for 6 hours now and they've taken him out two walk twice and he's shown no signs of limping so they told me to just pick him up. How can that be when he wouldn't even walk on the leg this AM? Edited October 11, 2010 by JJGrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mychip1 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Did they do xrays while he was there?? Quote Robin, EZ (Tribal Track), JJ (What a Story), Dustin (E's Full House) and our beautiful Jack (Mana Black Jack) and Lily (Chip's Little Miss Lily) both at the BridgeThe WFUBCC honors our beautiful friends at the bridge. Godspeed sweet angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullHouse Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Make sure they check his paw for corns. Corns will cause intermittent limping depending on if the surface they are walking on is hard or soft. For instance, dogs may limp on hard wood floors but not in the grass because the grass is soft. Check for foreign bodies and if you find nothing, have them x-ray the leg just to be safe. Quote Judy, mom to Darth Vader, Bandita, And Angel Forever in our hearts, DeeYoGee, Dani, Emmy, Andy, Heart, Saint, Valentino, Arrow, Gee, Bebe, Jilly Bean, Bullitt, Pistol, Junior, Sammie, Joey, Gizmo, Do Bee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Now, they CAN just get a cramp if they've not had much activity for a while of if their metabolism is wrong. They CAN get tendonitis too from over-stretching if they're not warmed up for exercize. But given the current epidemic proportions of Osteo. it really makes sense to X-Ray and at least get some kind of baseline that says everything is OK. You need to be charmingly persistent with vets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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