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Originally Posted by Bruce's_Mom  This morning Bruce fell out of bed, this was about 2.5 to three feet! He seemed fine but given the force of the fall I rushed him to the emergency vet...Well they told me he was fine and to just let him "walk it off," he seems to be getting worse. The vet assistant there told me I could give him baby tylenol to help with discomfort, that he may have a bruise. Has anyone heard this before? It just did not seem right to me! I cannot get him to the regular vet until tommorow morning and though I left several messages with their emergency line they have not called me back. I feel awful he seems in pain and I do not know what to do! Can you ice a dog's injuries? Any advice is much appreciated! |
If I were you I'd insist upon x-rays just to be sure and keep your pup off the foot as much as possible and get a Rx for some doggie pain meds.
Good luck.
Though we can't be certain, we believe our little girl pup fell off the couch...we too rushed her to the ER...they thoroughly x-rayed her, found nothing wrong, no underlying joint issues in either her knees, hips, ankle, feet (they were concerned with the possibility of a break in the growth plate)...they listed it as a "soft tissue injury" thinking maybe she got her foot caught in the xpen and then once let out went to jump on the couch and fell back and twisted her sore foot backwards, they sent her x-rays to a radiologist and then we had a follow with another vet and still can't find anything wrong with her...but she is still limping, on pain meds and a anti-flammatory with her activities restricted (if she isn't going potty or eating it's hold her or keep her in a small crate) for three weeks now. They "said" due to being a puppy once she hurt her foot and found it painful to walk on she may baby it for much longer as she "assumes" it will hurt if she steps on it, so now were just playing the waiting game...but I'm beginning to get concerned. She walk on it briefly and then holds it up. She's also feeling rejected at being contained so much. But she's so small and delicate I just don't know what else we can do for her. Doc says she's healthy as can be...so apparently these things can happen.