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I'd give it a few more days, try the swimming and see if soft surfaces still limp then time for vet by next friday unless marked improvement.
Quote from: KFhunter on September 18, 2021, 12:18:19 PMI’ve extended his elbow out when he’s relaxing and bent it straight then up bent multiple times. Flexed his joints and he acts like nothing is wrong at allThis leads me to believe it's most likely not elbow dysplasia, most likely a sprain from rough play. It could be a tweaked toenail too or tweaked finger.Take him swimming and see if he's using full range of motion in the water, otherwise I'd try to just keep things low key for another week or so and see if it resolves. Unfortunately he was chasing toys on the patio in the back. He doesn’t know how to take it easy. Everything is 100% as fast and as hard as he can. So definitely no more concrete playing. That’s good news about you not thinking it’s his elbow. I’ve pinched and pushed on every part of his elbow and he never even lifts his head up. So no signs of pain when touched. Idk if elbow dysplasia is sensitive to the touch?
I’ve extended his elbow out when he’s relaxing and bent it straight then up bent multiple times. Flexed his joints and he acts like nothing is wrong at allThis leads me to believe it's most likely not elbow dysplasia, most likely a sprain from rough play. It could be a tweaked toenail too or tweaked finger.Take him swimming and see if he's using full range of motion in the water, otherwise I'd try to just keep things low key for another week or so and see if it resolves.
Quote from: Duckslayer89 on September 18, 2021, 12:21:31 PMQuote from: KFhunter on September 18, 2021, 12:18:19 PMI’ve extended his elbow out when he’s relaxing and bent it straight then up bent multiple times. Flexed his joints and he acts like nothing is wrong at allThis leads me to believe it's most likely not elbow dysplasia, most likely a sprain from rough play. It could be a tweaked toenail too or tweaked finger.Take him swimming and see if he's using full range of motion in the water, otherwise I'd try to just keep things low key for another week or so and see if it resolves. Unfortunately he was chasing toys on the patio in the back. He doesn’t know how to take it easy. Everything is 100% as fast and as hard as he can. So definitely no more concrete playing. That’s good news about you not thinking it’s his elbow. I’ve pinched and pushed on every part of his elbow and he never even lifts his head up. So no signs of pain when touched. Idk if elbow dysplasia is sensitive to the touch?I went through something similar recently with my female lab. Got X-rays done and everything, ended up being a soft tissue injury to her paw. When I would press on it she showed signs of pain.
I know that if he picks up a cheet grass seed in his pad he will have a sore paw and will limp as well. They will tuck right up into the folds of the paw.
Quote from: Ridgeratt on September 18, 2021, 02:25:37 PMI know that if he picks up a cheet grass seed in his pad he will have a sore paw and will limp as well. They will tuck right up into the folds of the paw.This happened to my springer. Cheat grass seed worked itself in between pads, and was two centimeters inside her foot. They had to knock her out and have surgery to open it up and dig it out.
My female black lab is limping around the back yard this morning. We were throwing the ball for her and my male, she may have gotten ran over by the male trying to catch the ball not sure. We will keep an eye on her this week and see if it improves.
Does he seem ok neurologically? Do anything goofy on a regular basis or more so lately than before? Look up knuckling and see if you think it could be something like that. Hopefully not but a Vet would be able to tell you if it's something that's serious like that. Good luck!