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Originally Posted by wnalegria forgot to add to the enviromental point that I mentioned " jumping from high places" in a young puppy can cause a hernia. No ,if your puppy jumps from the couch one time does not mean rush to the vet cause he/she is going to have a hernia.
But continued repeated jumping down from a high place can cause a hernia.
Who is to say how many and how high- but should be considered.
I always say to watch the jumping because of the knees guess should mention hernia also to new buyers |
The Hernie was inguinal. As far as the puppy jumping from the couch I don't think so , it is a pom and at 12 weeks he can't get that high. When i took him to the emerency vet the first thing she ask me was if I had purchased him as a show dog because if I did i needed to go back to the breeder and let them know about this hernia because it was congenital and ran in their bloodline and those dogs should no longer be breed.
