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Originally Posted by MaysonsMom  Well, Mayson seems to be doing better today. When I took him out for a walk this morning he wasn't limping but still walking very slow. Since last night, I've been real careful to keep him off his feet and picking him up and down from our bed/couches. Perhaps the LP corrected itself? I don't know. I'm holding off on the vet for now and going to see how he is when I return from work tonight. He's still eating and he seems more lively today, so I am hoping that this was LP that simply corrected itself and nothing more than that. I will keep you guys posted. |
Having gone thru lp surgery with my Hot Rod, I can tell you the symptoms that we had leading up to it.:In Nov, he had his annual checkup and his lp was at a grade 1 (we'd known he had some possible lp issues for awhile).
By March the following year, he started to either limping, picking leg up, skipping or just sittin down and not wanting to walk--which he LOVES to do.
Coincidentally, I took him in for a possible UTI and mentioned to the vet about his not wanting to walk...led to diagnoses of grade 3/4 lp. She also thought something might have been wrong with hip so she took xrays. Saw that hii ligament was way over on the side of his leg which made his little leg bowed. Immediately said that this was beyond her scope and referred us to ortho surgeon. Got an appt Monday following week and brought him in for surgery that Wed. That was a year ago, the end of March.
When we first got Hot Rod at 15 weeks, we were playing around and all of a sudden he sat down, I freaked and took him to vet who told me that he had a loose knee but at that time it had worked its way back in and he needed his anal glands done so that was probably more of the issue at that time. All of the issues with the lp was when he was 1 1/2 years old. He's fine today and am very glad that we did the surgery.
So please keep an eye your little one as whatever it is really needs to have a vet look at if it continues. Sometimes the symptoms may go away for awhile but just keep an eye as to his behavoiurs and quirks and you'll be able to see when something is not right. Best of luck!