Hopping Dog!

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Agh! My little Jack Russell has woken up this morning hopping on one of his back legs. He won't weight bare at all on it. No sign of swelling/heat/seeds etc.
Anyone got any ideas before I go to the extortionate emergency vets?!
 
So hope it's not that! He is now occasionally putting weight on it. Trying to avoid vets today, as our usual vet is open tomorrow; but if I go today it's to one of those emergency places. He doesn't seem distressed at all...if he did I'd be straight down to them!
 
It sounds like luxating patella, JRs are renowned for it, google it, does he normally have the occasional hop and skip gait, sometimes it just pops out and goes back in again, if it is that depending how bad it is the vet might recommend an op but most dogs just live with it if its very occasional.
 
Teach, our jrt never did the skip either. First time she did her cruciate we had it operated on. It was about £700. That healed beautifully but a few years down the line her other cruciate went. After a talk to the vet we decided against another op ( price of op had more than doubled) we decided to rest her. Vet said it would ultimately be the same outcome. We rested her, lead walks only, and luckily she recovered and has been fine for years now. I hope your little dog feels better soon xx
 
If it is the patella slipping out of place a quick vet visit will verify this. grade one is when the knee cap will slip in and out on its own..the dog does a hop and gets its own recovery...grade two and three can be manulated back into place,but the fourth severity is in need of an op. tc fix the knee cap back...
If it is a ruptured cruciate ligament...the ligament either
1) in Initial phase of rupture, becomes slack and can recover with crate rest and anti inflammatories
Or....
The ligament blows...ruptures well and good and will need a costly repair op.,,,,expensive and time consuming rest and recovery. 6 weeks....
Either way,the dog should be examined by a vet to say what the problem may be.
 
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