We have a Beagle that was playing with another friend’s dog a few weeks back. While playing with the other dog we heard a quick yelp and then we noticed our dog was limping. It seems that he injured his right rear leg. At first he was limping and trying to no to put weight on it, but after a little while he seemed OK. One time or another both of our dogs have injured a leg and have been OK in a few minutes. We thought this was the case with our Beagle. Well the next day he seemed to limp in the morning a little, then in a little while he was OK again. After seeing him do this a few more times we decided to take him to the vet.
The vet was thinking he had a small muscle/ligament tear in the knee area and it was a little swollen. He said that he thought he would heal on his own, but it may involve surgery if it did not. He prescribed some anti-inflammatory medicine and told us we need to keep him inactive as best as possible and leash him for the bathroom runs in the backyard and carry him down the deck stairs. Well we followed the rules and he seemed to get better. We took him back after ten or so days to the vet for a re-check and all seemed good. The vet told us to still take it easy with him and slowly ramp up his activities. We did that, but then after a few days we noticed him limping again, so we called the vet. They once again told us to keep the activity as low as possible for ten days again and see how he does.
I am worried that this won’t heal and he will need surgery. Has anyone here gone through anything similar and can offer some ideas/advice that may help him heal? He is otherwise very healthy and right on target weight wise. I want to do anything that would help my little buddy get better!! :sad:
Thanks for any help!!
John
The vet was thinking he had a small muscle/ligament tear in the knee area and it was a little swollen. He said that he thought he would heal on his own, but it may involve surgery if it did not. He prescribed some anti-inflammatory medicine and told us we need to keep him inactive as best as possible and leash him for the bathroom runs in the backyard and carry him down the deck stairs. Well we followed the rules and he seemed to get better. We took him back after ten or so days to the vet for a re-check and all seemed good. The vet told us to still take it easy with him and slowly ramp up his activities. We did that, but then after a few days we noticed him limping again, so we called the vet. They once again told us to keep the activity as low as possible for ten days again and see how he does.
I am worried that this won’t heal and he will need surgery. Has anyone here gone through anything similar and can offer some ideas/advice that may help him heal? He is otherwise very healthy and right on target weight wise. I want to do anything that would help my little buddy get better!! :sad:
Thanks for any help!!
John