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adgetom

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has been limping every second night.
i take him to the yard with me at 6 pm and he runs about until about 10 pm , he gets home and lies down and when he gets up he is limping on his left front leg .
this seems to happen every second night.
anybody have any ideas what is causing this the first couple of times this happend he yelped when i touched one of his pads but tonight yelped when i touched his shoulder .
there are no cuts marks swelling etc
 
It could be a number of things really, a joint problem, an injury that has gone unoticed, and is aggravated by exercise and is painfull upon rest, or a foreign body in the pad, but they do normally lick or gnaw at the pad.......I would get him checked by the vet asap, they may tell u to ease of he exercise for a while so they can investigate further.
 
does he 'walk into' the lameness after rising so that it improves when he has been up for a bit? If so could be anything from OCD (though unlikely in the breed and age) to a pulled muscle. Hope whatever it is your dog is fine soon. I would keep on lead rest until the vet has seen him!
 
My experience of intermittant foreleg lameness led to Elbow Dysplasia
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The lameness in my dog looked very much like it was the shoulder, his lameness was on & off from the age of about 8 months. Finally had ED diagnosed at 18 months!!

Hopefully yours won't be anything horrid like, he could have just pulled a muscle, ligament or anything like that.
 
Have you ice, snow, water - all of the above? I just wonder if he has skidded, tripped or pulled something on the hard ground - my friends lurcher has done the samething sometime during the last week. Hopefully its nothing major and a few quiet days at home instead of hooning around might mend him.
 
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Have you ice, snow, water - all of the above? I just wonder if he has skidded, tripped or pulled something on the hard ground - my friends lurcher has done the samething sometime during the last week. Hopefully its nothing major and a few quiet days at home instead of hooning around might mend him.

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my lurcher has done the same, after repeatedly being told to take it easy on the ground at mo!
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adgetom, our jack russell has a finished shoulder after years of chasing and having fun with our sheepdog. the vet offered an operation(not guaranteed to work)for about£1000, or amputate, neither was an option, so he hobbles about with bit of a limp, and is as active as ever, and as daft! there is no pain with him but the shoulder muscle is gone.(very visible)could your dog have the same prob. or similar?
 
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