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Originally Posted by Lisa Reyes  We are having him spayed when he is 5 months and at that time will discuss with vet, some choices we may have. Until then, we will keep him excerising and pray that he does not have the joint problem, that we have heard about. The lady that gave him to me, claims he didn't have enough space in the womb and he was born with his legs sprawled out behind him. We do love him very much, but do not want him to be in pain and suffer...so far, so good with that! |
I really believe God had me read this. I have just gone through the same thing you have described. It is called swimmers leg. It is caused when they grow too big in the womb. I took in a little boy about a month ago. He is now almost 17 weeks and over 3 lbs. He had the same exact problems, in a month I have been able to take him from not being able to use his back legs to walking and playing with the other puppies. He still can not run, but he has come a long way in a short time. I used a number of techniques I learned from researching. The first thing you need to do is to make sure until he can use his legs he is on something soft. We have hard wood floors, so I got a baby surround for him and covered the whole floor under it with a blanket. He started off leaning against the side and walking around it and as he got better we made the soft area smaller and smaller until he was walking on the hard wood. I also used water therapy and massage. When we first got him he could not even stand without falling and he laid with his legs splayed out to each side of him. Now he walks all over the place and lays like the other puppies. He has also stolen all of our hearts. I wish you the best of luck. Please PM me and keep me updated on his progress.