The crazy thing is that since he is using his left leg more to compensate for the right, it looks like he is actually walking better. It's devastating to me though because now this is both legs instead of just one. He's trying to act like a little tough guy, but I do realize his gait is not normal for him and by his hesitance to jump up on some things, that it does hurt. I'll be taking him to the vet. on Monday or Tuesday, hopefully. I just wish I could get my boyfriend to understand that although it looks like he is walking more normally, where he isn't drawing up his left leg (normal for him, vet. even says it's normal... it is monitored) when he jogs, that he is having difficulty.
I just found this written as a symptom of the luxating patella and this is very characteristic of how Duke is behaving.
What are the symptoms?
"Most dogs are middle-aged, with a history of intermittent (on-again-off-again) lameness in the affected rear leg(s). An affected dog commonly stops and cries out in pain as he is running. (Doesn't do this, at least not yet...) The affected leg will be extended rearward, and for a while, the dog is unable to flex it back into the normal position."
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