My yorkie is about 9 months old and I have been noticing that when we play rough or if he jumps off something he will hold one of his two back legs up and cry? I have been reading in my books and see that the closest thing it could be would be is a stage 1 luxating patella. After he hurts himself he cries for about 2 mins and limps and then he is back to normal. I have a vet appointment set up on Nov. 24th when I go home for Thanksgiving break but until then I dont know what I should do to try and keep this from happening. It started happening after I took him to a new groomer and I thought that maybe they just hurt him and never told me so I let it go thinking they might have strained one of his back leg muscles. After about two weeks of nothing happening he had another "attack" with his right leg again. He doesn't always cry when it happens sometimes he just holds his leg up for about 2 mins and then he is back to normal like nothing ever happened? Just yesterday he had another "attack" only this time it was with his left leg so now both of them have had an attack. I also read that LP could have been caused/made more severe after nuetering because of them being tied down during surgery? I realized that the leg issue also occured about 3 weeks after he was nuetered. I heard that this is something that can possibly just go away with age and could be treated by joint medication.
Any information or stories on what I should do or expect to happen would be much appreciated?!?!
I am a college kid so surgery is out of the question for me but I will do everything else I can to try and get my little buddy to feel better
Please help!!!