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anyone had dog hopping with lp, but not need surgery Taz had been hopping on his back leg more and more. He never makes any noise like it bugs him and he runs and jumps like crazy. I am wondering if the increase in hopping means he will need surgery, or rather sooner than later. I would like to get through the summer first though. I don't think he remembered what grass was. lol |
Has he been diagnosed with LP then, or are you suspecting it? It sounds like he's already been diagnosed, from what you're saying. And, it sounds like the little guy is pretty symptomatic if he' raising his leg - which means it's causing him pain. It probably means surgery sooner than later. Also keep in mind that, especially when it's progressed to symptomatic behavior, the degenerative nature of the disease is worsening as well (so, it can start worsening almost expnonentially, at that point - if you know what I mean) |
He started doing the skipping thing with it last July. the vet didn't think it was LP because she couldn't pop his kneecap and when he had surgery done in August, she tried when he was out and it wouldn't just pop out. She took xrays to look at his hip, but they looked fine and he still continued to skip on it. Went in for more xrays in Jan. and at that time she said she could feel that she could move that kneecap. So even with not being able to move his kneecap right away and not saying it was in any stage for lp, he still skip/hopped on it. |
I know this thread is very old, but did you ever end up finding out exactly what was wrong with your dog and/or did you go ahead with surgery? I have the exact same thing happening with my dog - he runs around like a maniac, never acts like he is in pain, but his hopping has gotten progressively worse. The vet is not able to pop his knee cap out and his xrays look pretty normal. I don't want to do surgery if I can't pinpoint that this is for sure the problem, but clearly something is bothering him |
You really need to see an orthopaedic specialist. It is well worth the time and a little extra money...Miss Mini had this at 10mos and it turned out to be Legges Perthes. Sometimes, an orthoepaedic can see things that others can not. Miss Mini's surgery was telling but not as telling as when he went in for the surgery, it was far worse...the dr. took pics to show me and for his file as well. Hopping is pain and or sensitivity...it needs to be addressed, your pup can't talk but is definitely showing you his problem. Good luck and let us know how it goes.... |
He's been to see a specialist (a very expensive one at that) and the specialist could not say definitively that it was a luxating patella because he couldn't get it to pop out of the socket either awake or sedated easily, and his xrays are basically normal. I just don't want to have someone cut him open and find out that it is not his knee and all and still have a problem. The specialist pushed and pulled his knee, foot, hip, every possible direction and he seems ok with everything so I'm kind of at a loss at this point. |
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I was going to say the something similar. Around 6 or 7 months, I noticed Toki crossing her back legs occasionally. Our general vet took an x-ray and guessed that it was Legg-Perthes and said that we were basically playing a waiting game. By 11 months she had developed a slight limp/hop which got progressively worse...thankfully our vet had referred us to an orthopedic specialist. The specialist immediately knew the exact problem upon seeing Toki walk and with palpating the hip area...all of this was later confirmed by x-rays of course but it was so amazing to me. An orthopedic specialist is really the way to go...they see these things day in and day out and know their stuff! Spending 15 minutes talking with Toki's orthopedic specialist was so immensely helpful, compared to my general vet (don't get me wrong, she is also amazing!). But it was so worth it to have that level of confidence in the diagnosis and level of care Toki would be getting during surgery and her treatment. |
If they knee cap is not moving then it is not luxating patella. Luxating patella means the knee cap moves out of place (on its own). Our 3 year old yorkie, Maggie, has grade 3 LP and has only really had one bad episode with it. When I move her leg/knee I can feel her knee cap moving side to side and it lightly pops some too. I suspect the problem your dog is experiencing is not luxating patella, but something else instead. If the knee cap is not moving out of place, I wouldn't really want to have them keep trying to get it to move. They need to look someplace else. It could be leg perthes or it could be a torn or inflamed tendon, partially torn acl, or something else. I hope you get it figured out and that it is nothing serious. |
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