 leggs perthes/luxating patella- front legs or back?
Lucy hurt her leg today, not severely but she is favoring it a little. It's her left front. I hopped on YT of course to do a search on what to do (should I ice it?) and I found a lot of results for both leggs perthes & luxating patella. I knew Yorkies could get the luxating patellas, but I had never heard of the leggs perthes condition. I was wondering if one or both of these diseases show up in the front or back legs, or either? I was trying to google them and all this talk of knees... I don't know, do dogs have knees in their front and back legs??
I am going to wait a little and see how she feels tomorrow before dashing off to the vet. I think she may have twisted it slightly while chasing the cat. Just a motherly hunch.
Teresa |