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11-27-2009, 03:50 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ma
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| Limping Hi All, Well Kujo started limping yesterday from his front leg, but didnt appear to be in pain. This morning he woke up was fine, was running, being himself no pain. He slept a good amount today. About an hour ago he's now limping from his back leg..? & is fine from the front leg. Now he didnt get hurt in any way because i was with him all day. What could this be?! |
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11-27-2009, 07:12 PM | #2 |
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| I don't know about the front legs, but if he is hiking up his back leg could be LP. Has he been checked for it?
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11-27-2009, 09:26 PM | #3 |
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| whats LP & no he hasnt, it just started happening today |
11-27-2009, 10:34 PM | #4 |
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| LP is short for luxating patella. It's very common in yorkies and toy breeds and sometimes does not show up till they are a bit older. Uni was diagnosed with grade 3 (although according to what I've read I think it's more like grade 2) It's when the groove that holds in the knee cap (patella) is too shallow and the knee cap pops out of its place, causing mild discomfort to pain in the dogs. Here's an excerpt from wikipedia: Diagnosis is made through palpation of the knee. X-rays are used to further investigate cases. The luxating patella may causes no or very mild symptoms. There may be intermittent limping in the rear leg, and in higher-grade luxations, the lameness can be severe. Osteoarthritis typically develops secondarily. There are four diagnostic grades of patellar luxation[4], each more severe than the previous: Grade I - the patella can be manually luxated but is reduced (returns to the normal position) when released; Grade II - the patella can be manually luxated or it can spontaneously luxate with flexion of the stifle joint. The patella remains luxated until it is manually reduced or when the animal extends the joint and derotates the tibia in the opposite direction of luxation; Grade III - the patella remains luxated most of the time but can be manually reduced with the stifle joint in extension. Flexion and extension of the stifle results in reluxation of the patella; Grade IV - the patella is permanently luxated and cannot be manually repositioned. There may be up to 90¼ of rotation of the proximal tibial plateau. The femoral trochlear groove is shallow or absent, and there is displacement of the quadriceps muscle group in the direction of luxation. Have your vet check him out. Uni hiked up her leg after a too-fun session at the beach. We have put her on glucosamine supplements since, and she has not hiked up since.
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11-28-2009, 03:26 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ste-Agathe, Qc, Canada
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| Can you tell me more about this glucosamine supplement you are giving your yorkie? Brand, dosage size, frequency of dose, how you give it to your yorkie? Thank you, Candace |
11-28-2009, 05:21 PM | #6 | |
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I give Uni one capsule in the am and one in the pm sprinkled on her kibble. They capsules come apart and I just mix it in. she thinks they are flavor sprinkles and will demand I put it on there otherwise she doesn't seem that interested in eating it. She is just under 6 lbs, so if your yorkie is smaller, than give less, bigger, give more. She has been on it for a few months now and I don't hear her knees pop although I do feel them pop on occasion. She has not lifted her leg since the first time it happened. You can also search "cosequin" on this forum for other peoples perspective as well.
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