I was playing with my dog, and she was on her hind legs, then all of a sudden she started to wimper really badly and running away with her left hind leg clutched really tight.. i got a hold of her and then she calmed down, i put ice on it, but she still cant walk on it, is it sprained or broken?

How much would it be if i got an xray, or if it was broken or sprained. please help!!
shes a chihuahua, shes 7 pounds. she is holding it up, she isnt walking on it, when i move it she doesnt feel pain, she lies on her leg. is it broken or sprained?
she doesnt put it down, she just holds it up
I really want to take her to the vet, but my parents say shes ok. My mom is a nurse and she said we will observe her if she gets better then we wont take her, but if she isnt feeling better by mon we will take her she said.

Dog Lover asked:

Anyone please give me some ideas. I don’t think its broken becase he doesn’t cry out in pain when u touch it but he won’t put his full weight on it and when he tries he falls over. We called our vet she is not avaiable and can’t not reach her we tried another vet that has a 24hr number but that vet from what we’ve told him said it don’t sound broken just to make him comfortable as possible. SO im at loss. Any suggestions to help him ease the discomfort or help him out for the night till morning so we can get him to our vet in the morning.
We have been icing it he does seem to want to put it down a little bit but when he tries he falls over. He’s 15yrs old and Im just so scared he did something more. But like I said he don’t cry when u touch it. There is a little swelling it seems. But he allows the ice on it so just keep up with that and try heat too? There are no other local 24hr emergency vets close. So I know we’ll have to wait out the night and see what happens in the morning and we will be taking him in right away in the morning.
I thank everyone for your suggestions. I feel bad the way it is for playing with him and having this happen on top of how old he is makes me feel so guilty of playing with him tonight. I just hope its only a sprain, just seems like that only cause he will let me rub or touch it don’t cry or anything. could be outta joint i don’t know.?? Been dealing with some other issues with him and on top now he can’t walk so please no harsh words im just so scared i don’t wanna lose him on top of everything tonight.

Designer~Wife asked:


I have a 14yo sheba inu / chow mix that sprained her ankle 2 weeks ago. I am sure it is a sprain as we went to the vet immediately to have her checked out. She was given a shot of steroids & sent home with Rimadyl for pain & swelling and started doing much better.

A week later (while still on bed rest – we have been very careful with her) she jumped up and re-injured the ankle and was put back on Rimadyl for another week, again with decent results. She is not healed by any means, but much better.

This morning, she tripped while going out the door to go potty and fell down. She lifted her injured leg initially (like she didn’t want to put weight on it), but then started walking. I took her in and iced it…We’ll see if this gets worse again later today.

Now for my question (sorry about length, but wanted to give background) – Has any used Hock Braces to help support the ankle after a bad sprain? Did it help or just hinder? I can’t stand the thought of her being in pain from continual re-injury and we are doing everything we can to keep it from happening, but both times there has been nothing we could have done to stop her.

She is one of our beloved babies and we want her to be as comfortable as possible.
The initial injury came from running – She is 14, but acts like a puppy still.

The first re-injury happened while in her crate. I came to check on her to see if she needed to go outside and she was so excited that she jumped up from laying down and tried to rear-up (think horse) which is what caused the swelling to come back.

This morning when she fell, she was on a leash, going outside and simply tripped on the doorwall track.

Trust me, I am VERY careful with her and have had several dogs who lived long happy lives – I’ve just never dealt with an ankle sprain.

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My dog had a sprain in his leg and the Vet gave me liquid Metacam (meloxicam) , it’s an anti-inflammatory. The first day I gave it to him, I noticed him licking his paws. Then I skipped a day. Then I gave it to him again and he was licking his back paws all day and night. I took him for the same amount of walks he normally gets but short ones as the Vet told me and he was fine. Then he started licking his back paws again. This time when he was licking them, I heard him cry a little so I took a closer look and this is what I saw:

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It’s not bleeding. It just looks like it was inflamed and he was chewing.
Do you think it’s an allergic reaction to the anti-inflammatory? Or did something get in his paw. There is nothing there right now, I looked closely but this one paw is raw and pinkish. I will need to take him to the Vet tomorrow. And of course I’m not giving it to him anymore. For now.
Thanks for your help
I put an E-collar on him so he doesn’t chew it for now.

CHITOWNVIC asked:

could it be a sprain or could it be a broken bone. the thing is he still wants to go outside and fetch the stick. i take him outside but i dont throw the stick so he doesnt have to run. but he does run around and he doesnt give any sign of pain. when he runs he doesnt limp only when he walks
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