When you got your baby, did you have a vet check done? Usually, knees and hips are the first thing a vet checks when brought a new puppy. It is very common for these little dogs to go to their new homes, with perfectly good knees and hips, and when they jump off and on furniture, pounding those tiny little joints,damage is done at that time. This is why I always have my babies vet certified that knees and hips are good and tight, and I insist new owner takes baby within 24-36 hours, and have this verified by their own vet. After the new owners have these babies for any length of time and the baby is allowed to jump from furniture, this can easily damage these tiny joints and small bones, effectively causing LP in what was an otherwise healthy joint. Now if your baby had loose joints when you got him, then you needed to have a conversation with the breeder, AT THAT TIME..... I suspect this will continue to get worse and you will eventally need to have surgery on the baby, but that is in the future. Stop any activity that puts excess stress on his joints...no agility training, no jumping on and off furniture....consult a canine physiotherapist that can give you expert advise on exactly what kind of exercises/therapy you should be doing to strengthen this babys muscles/joints......water therapy is excellent..... |