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Originally Posted by gemy  This may sound *way* crazy but are you absolutely sure the limping is happening on the left side.... Although you did mention earlier one vet on palpation of the right knee noticed a *slippage* or another term is LP.
Pstinard (Phil) has a reasonable theory. Usuage / overusage of the right leg has cause a muscle strain or some other painfull condition.
My next theory is that the lumbosacral area and their nerve roots are somehow affected, and lifting up the left leg actually relieves the nerve root pressure, but lifting up of the right leg increases the pressure on the nerve root so that the dog is reluctant to lift or have palpation done on the right leg.
I think that as hard as it is to wait, Thurs is not so far away, and hopefully their clinicians will find the answer! |
When I read about the "popping" of the right knee, I was thinking luxating patella as well. OP, are you certain that the popping was in the right knee, and not the left? LP is one of those "relatively" painless conditions that can cause a dog to favor a leg. Two more days, and hopefully you will find your answers! And don't panic about the possibility of lumbosacral syndrome. We're all speculating at this time. Only a vet will be able to tell you for sure what is going on.