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Old 12-26-2009, 12:41 PM   #1
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Exclamation Jackson's limping - need some help! {update: Dx w/ Lyme Disease}

Jackson's been limping for about 2 hours now, maybe more. It's his back left leg and he's not really walking on it at all, he's putting no pressure on it and keeping it off the ground except the occasional step. It's worrying me because he's never limped before (for this long anyways) and we haven't done any activities today.

He's been inside all day minus 3 potty breaks on the leash. He was fine all this morning... we went to breakfast and were gone from around 11am-1pm, came home and he seemed fine, went outside to potty as normal on leash. He laid with me and watched TV for 35 minutes and then I noticed he was walking around limping. Is it possible to sleep on a leg wrong and then begin limping? I checked his paw and couldn't find anything stuck in it... I felt all around and he never yelped in pain or showed discomfort but he was biting at his paw. We did have a glass break a few days ago on the carpet but thought we got most of it up, is it possible there's a tiny piece of glass in his foot that I can't see?

Any tips would be appreciated. I'm hoping it's better by morning. If not, I'm planning on taking him to the vet Tuesday (my dad's getting married on Monday) because he needs his year shots anyways. I haven't been letting him jump around as much and I pick him up to go down the stairs to potty.
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