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LucyDog430

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Hi folks,

I am proudly owned by Lucy, who will be two at the end of April. Lately she's been having some problems with her legs. A few weeks ago she started holding up her back left leg and hopping. It wasn't constant and would come and go. I took her to the vet and found out that her left knee pops in and out of joint. The vet said it was common and would go back in on its own. Lucy figured out to sit when it happened and she would be fine in a second or two.

When I got home from work Friday, she was badly limping, but this time it looked like her right back leg was hurt. I took her to the vet again. This time, all the joints were in the right place. The vet thinks she hurt herself running in the yard. She's on bedrest. No walks, no stairs, no jumping, etc. Poor Lucy is trying to figure out why I'm punishing her. She's better, but not fine. She's so young to have these problems. Is this common in the breed?
 
no, not common at all. Have you talked to your breeder? or where did you get her? Is she on a tick preventative and has she had the lyme shot?
 
If I were you, I might consider consulting another vet. Seems rather unlucky that both of her legs would be hit different afflictions around the same time.
 
No luxating patellas are not common. Please get a check for tick borne disease done, ie lyme, anaplama, ehrlichia if it hasn't been done. Has the vet checked for cruciate injuries? Common injury in active dogs especially if they are favoring the other leg. She may have just pulled a muscle hard to tell over the net.
 
Limping

I am owned by a 7 year old Sheltie so we are sending good karma your way! My Sheltie has a knee issue and when it first presented it looked like he had an issue with his front legs. As a matter of fact the vet said it was a shoulder issue. Later when we went to an excellent ortho doc he diagnosed a knee problem. He's done a fair amount of agility previously so I am not sure if he injured it there but he also has a very steep slope on his back legs. That also impacted what we plan to do. That is a long way to say that you might want to get another opinion and it's helpful to find someone who understands the ortho part so you can find out if that is or isn't the issue. Just some thoughts from a total NON-expert. We wish you well!

Nancy (and Duke)
 
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