I let our little dog chico outside this morning with the big dogs because he had been looking outside and had seen people passing by, and of course heard the other dogs barking, he wanted to go out too. within a few minutes i heard him crying as if he was hurt. we immediately went to bring him in, and my daughter said she had seen one of the bigger dogs standing over him, she thought he may have stepped on chico. he stopped crying, but he is really favoring his left back leg. he’ll take a few steps and then lift it, so i know that it is bothering him. he seems able to bend the leg, and nothing appears to be in the pads of his foot, nothing looks swollen. what should i be looking for and what can i do for him til i’m able to call the vet tomorrow?

On Saturday my deadbeat roommates put my dog outside to be chased around the neighborhood by the kids (very mean, Im looking for a new place to live) I have a 8lb Min pin chihuhua mix and he doesn’t bear weight on his back hind leg when on concrete. He walks on it fine when we’re inside on carpet. I’ve rotated it and wiggled each of his toes and he was not bothered by any of that. He doesn’t lick it or show any sort of pain other than just lifiting his little leg. He does have a little cut on the inside of his little paw so I’m wondering if that’s all it is. I’m sure its sprained so what can I do to make him more comfortable?

Dog’s broken paw vs dog’s sprained paw

Kitkit asked:

I think my Chinese pug broke her paw but it might be a sprain because it looks like she can put a little weight on it.It is swollen though and kinda just hangs there when she wobbles around.

I was out going to bring in my dog in cause she was barking, I was jogging to get to her quicker and y whole deck is ice and i slipped at the slippiest part and my ankle has a cut on it and it hurts. So I was wondering if it was sprained?

My dog snagged one of his back toe nails on my back deck :O( It broke in half, and Im not sure if its also sprained or broke? Are there home remedies or something to help his pain?

Genie♥Angel asked:

My dog was lying in my room & when I went to take him out he slowly walked to the stairs (he’d have to walk down 7 stairs). Instead of coming down he laid down on the top stair & he yelped when we tried to coax him down. I checked him & he was shaking & when I went to see what was wrong I tried to pick him up he yelped & snapped at me. I got a treat to see if he’d eat it. Initially no, which is very strange for him, but then he did eat it.

I thought it was a broken or badly sprained limb. I tried to get him into the crate & he yelped like crazy & was biting. I called the vet just as they were closing. Eventually he made it to the living room. While he lie there I bent each joint & pushed on all parts of his stomach, body, etc. to locate the pain but can’t find anything. He did walk to the kitchen for dinner scraps so I thought he was OK, but now he is just laying halfway under the bed & depressed.

Does this seem like something serious or just a mild sprain or tummy ache?
He is a 6 year old Lhasa Apso and this is the first time he has ever acted this way.

I was just sitting around comparing two common athletic pets (horses and dogs) and was kinda wondering if there were more steps to keep dogs safe. I know there are booties for sled dogs but is that it? I hear dogs get injured quite a bit (sprains and such) in sports like lure coursing and agility. Horses have these sort of leg wrap things to help prevent them from sprains and stuff. Do they have these for dogs? What about cooling jackets?