[alaskayorkie]

Originally Posted by Cooper2010

Hello, we've had our Yorkie Cooper for a month. Tuesday I noticed limping on his right back leg. He seemed better on Wednesday but Thursday night he wouldn't put any weight on his leg at all. I took him to the vet today and nothing out of the ordinary showed up on his x-rays. The vet seems to think it may be a torn ligament or possibly a hip problem that toy breeds sometimes have.

He had an injection and she prescribed him Rimadyl once a day. She said if he wasn't better in a month to bring him back.

He's not very active but doesn't seem to be in pain, he doesn't cry when you touch his leg. Wednesday he spent the day playing with my daughter's little Maltese. They are the same weight, so I don't think she hurt him while playing.

I guess I'm asking if any of you have had the same problem and what the outcome was? Thanks, love reading this forum.

Glad you took him to the vet. It's tough to say. Dogs are very good at masking their pain, so I would definitely follow the vet's advice.

One of mine has come up limping several times. The first time was after he twisted it while playing with a puppy. I feared the worst, but rest and rimadyl made the problem go away for several years. The exact same thing happened to the other leg several years later, and again, rest and rimadyl made it go away. The third time, however, turned out to be a torn miniscus and cranial cruciate ligament that required surgery.

Yorkies are prone to knee problems too, specifically luxating patella.

Sorry I couldn't help more. I think your vet's advice is right. Rest and rimadyl and hope it goes away.