My little Bichon came in with quite a profound limp. He actually had one of his hind legs tucked up under him and wouldn't use it at all. I elected to watch him for a few days ---and there was no improvement. So off to he vet we went. He had torn his anterior cruciate ligament and needed surgery.
At this point the vet, the vet still wanted to wait a few days before performing surgery. He wanted to get him on medications and get the swelling down further (which was happening on its own following the initial injury.)
I was surprised that he didn't want to rush right in to surgery, but understood when he explained why. Louie did have surgery a few days later and everthing went well and he has done well every since.
I still would watch my dogs a few days before I took them to the vet with a bad leg or limp............because my dogs have often limped for a day or two from who knows what, and it has resolved completely.
Good luck!
Carol Jean |