Puppy Is Limping After Playing With Older Dog

[anthro-nerd]

It's one thing after another at the moment... my 7 month old puppy is now limping after a long walk on Sunday and playing too hard with my other dog last night. She is putting a little weight on it, but mostly lifting it up.

She'll let me touch it, it's her knee that's the issue, not her ankle or hip, but it isn't swollen or red or hot to touch. I'd like to avoid a trip to the vets if they'll just say wait and see, and I have doggy anti inflammatory medication at home already and know her correct dosage (from her spay). Is the 'wait and see' for a few days approach okay? Or should I take her straight in to the vets? Better to be safe than sorry... or it's 'just a sprain and they can't do anything anyway'? Lots of rest until it gets better? I don't know what to do!

[anthro-nerd]

Mmm yeah, sorry Ratty. The only chicken my two get is cooked chicken off the bone. The only raw, or cooked, bones they get are the ones from the butchers. Even the ribs you can buy for dogs shattered and feel so sharp when they do, makes me nervous so I stay well away.

[pastafreak]

JJ..
It's when they are cooked that chicken...or other bones...are bad. Raw they are fine. RATTER knows what he's talking about.

[jourdain2]

My idiot terrier keeps jumping as high as he can, spinning round in excitement etc. and must have landed badly because he was 3-legging it the other week. Mr J2 wanted to go to the vets, but I couldn't feel any heat and, sure enough, he was OK a couple of days later. I did keep a careful eye on him.

[anthro-nerd]

Jour yes I think that's what's happened here. Keeping a close eye on her but other than a bit of skipping now she's seems okay and I suspect in a few days she'll be right as rain.

[anthro-nerd]

p.s. always grateful for each and every reply - thanks ABers.

[anthro-nerd]

Yeah spath, they splinter when cooked. I think they are okay raw... but because chicken bones are so small I'd still avoid them as a choking hazard more than anything else.

Saying that, my two have snaffled the remains of a cooked chicken they found discarded on one of our walks (wasnt the nicest of areas!) and despite the sound of shattering bones and me trying to get them out of their mouth, they were both fine in the end!!

[Hopkirk]

You just have to walk past our vets and they present you with a large bill and an instruction to come back in a week's time.

[hereIam]

No chicken bones uncooked or otherwise for my dog either. Hope your little 'un's ok soon anthro.

[anthro-nerd]

Thanks hereIam

[RATTER15]

I guarantee you that raw chicken bones are perfect for dogs of any age and size, the bones are very easily digested and the large and small bones are chewed up. I, and thousands of raw feeders have been feeding whole chicken carcasses for many years and raw food suppliers sell packs of whole chicken carcasses specifically for feeding. Never feed cooked chicken bones however!! http://www.nurturingbynature.co.uk/product_p/carcx40.htm

[anthro-nerd]

Great link Ratter - I've learnt something new today!