Yorkie jumped off couch - can't use left front paw.

[MAKCAI]

Originally Posted by psilonaut

This is really unbeleivable - my parents had been looking around for a good breeder for almost a year now, and just got the puppy home today - 5 months old. We haven't even figured out a name for him yet...

Was sitting on the couch with my parents and hopped off and started yelping - this little jump of his couldn't have been more than a foot. Now he he's favouring his right paw, keeping his left suspended and limp... I haven't seen my parents this distraught in my whole life.... They've just left for the 24hour animal hospital.

Any insight as to what happened, or wether or not this is normal for yorkies etc.
Any information really would be appreciated.

they just dont have any fear, they are awful for it...they are little tough guys though...my little boy worries me...he had a fall down 13 stairs, and hit the stair gate at the bottom, he went into shock, but he made it, just about, then 3 weeks later he fell off the sofa, he was screaming....its a case of seeing the world from their height if you like...and what could be dangerous to them...hope your baby is ok for you

[celstu1]

I have a yorkie named Fletcher too (and another named Dexter)...

Fletcher is my jumper, he jumps about 3.5 feet from the back of the couch all the time!! I tried to get him to stop, knowing how fragile their little bones can be, but he won't stop. One time he did it and must have landed funny or wrong and he yelped and then cried hard for about 5 mins, it was REALLY scarey and I had to put him down to see if he could walk on the leg. Well I think he scared himself more than hurt himself... he was fine! He immediately started walking on the leg and jumping around again so I was lucky!

I try to teach him to jump off the front of the couch where its much lower, maybe a foot high at most bc I don't have carpeting to cushion the fall... but he won't! I hope that I don't have to go through that with my fletch!

I hope your baby is doing much better now!!

[doortego]

Just wondering how little Fletcher was doing??

[Caesars Mom]

I'm not really sure how I got this, but anyway, our little girl's name is Lacy and yes she has a broken radius and ulna. She is now in her 8th post surgical week. She has 4 pins through her leg attached to a rod. She sees the vet every week and has been doing quite well. It gets more difficult each week to keep her relatively quiet. She and Caesar really want to play and this week we have let them bat at eachother a little as long as she is not running and wrestling with him. Vet x-rayed her a couple of weeks ago but said her bones are so small that it is difficult to really see what is going on because of the apparatus. He thinks she is doing well and says they may remove 2 of the pins at 10 weeks. However, he also said it isn't unusual to leave them in for 12 weeks so we will just have to wait and see.

Sincerely hope that all the other little ones with broken bones are healing well and will soon be well.

[AllieJo's Mama]

WOW poor guy! I'm scared now. Allie is a no fear kinda gal.

[Brookef18]

Originally Posted by psilonaut

Well they've just come home now, he's got his leg in a cast - has to go in tomorrow to get a pin and a plate put in. We're already $500 in the hole for the x-rays....

Is this at all normal?? I mean he could climb on on the couch, he's just as tall as the seat cushions. Should we always be worried to have him climb on the couch?

I got Chewy Doggie stairs for the couch... he's now 9 months and 5 pounds. He uses them mostly but will jump off the couch at times. The stairs are a very good way to get them to have free run of being on the couch with out injury... Sorry you have to go through this.