Is my dog a drama Queen??

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Some might remember that i took new dog (greyhound) to the vet last friday with a very poorly toe. Darcy couldn't put her foot to the ground and even the lightest touch would make her SCREAM.
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Anyway, that toe is fine, BUT, now she has the same thing on the other foot!
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No weight on the foot and looking very sorry for herself. well, last night we took the dogs for a walk in the evening so the kids could see the fireworks in the distance.

Darcy was very excited about going out and as soon as we got out the front door, the limp disappeared! WHats that all about???? The entire walk was limp free until we got back to the house, 5 mins after lead was taken off, the foot was dangling in the air again!

Is there a simple explanation for this?
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LOL !-- we used to have a dog like that - Merlin was a big butch hairy Groenendael who just HATED the rain and mud - if I tried to take him for his walk and it started to rain he would begin to limp - the limp would get worse and worse and would alternate from foot to foot - if he got too wet he would simply stop dead and refuse to move.

I always reckoned he was too vain - he had the most beautiful coat and loved being groomed - loved being shown ( became a show champion at the age of 2) - loved being made a fuss of but just did'nt like getting mucky !.


sadly he's gone now and I've never had another like him - all the rest of my lot actively seek out any muck they can find
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Yep, drama queen! I've seen it happen myself! Windsor, the back lab in the car lying down, had hurt his paw while out shooting but it was totally fine after a day or two. Cut to the next weekend all watching TV and he barks at the tv, so he gets shouted at and sent into the kitchen (gundogs never supposed to bark, especially as it was a bird he barked at!) Next thing his big head appeared around the side of the door with a poor me expression and he hobbled out! Grossly exaggerating how sore his paw had been in the first place! We sent him back again and he done it again but so sweet we allowed him back out.
 
my dog had a limp and pain on and off for weeks, he was diagnosed with panostitus (sp), this does normaly only affect dogs under about 18 mths old though. thought to be caused by overnourishment (to much protein).

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Oh, well i never knew that! Did think about taking her to the vets again, but i can see myself in the vets every week at this rate, so will give a while first! She could prove expensive!
 
LOL! Well it was amazing. Limped around house all morning took her for a 45 min walk, NO limp. Got home, the limp returned!!!!
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My weimaraner is the ultimate drama queen!! You only have to go up to her in a slightly high pitch tone and say:

''Oh Etta have you hurt your paw.... Oh my goodness''

She then lifts her paw, tilts her head and eventually flops over on her side as if to say, i think i may need to have it amputated mum!!

She's hilarious, and has been like it for the last 11 years!! LOL!!
 
LOL that sounds like a sighthound
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My whippet gets hay rash from lounging about in the hay all day whilst I am working. Funnily enough though, it doesn't seem to bother her when she is following me into the fields in the evening and rabbiting in the hedges...

But the moment we get home she is hopping about the house, licking her paws and looking sad. She turns is on for certain of my more sympathetic (read soft touch) female clients who then pick her up and smother her in affection.

Having said that, she does have hay rash... it is just that she over exagerates the discomfort to get more attention. As soon as something more interesting comes up (like a rabbit) she is able to bravely overcome her terrible disability!
 
Basically the dog has learnt that if you limp you get attention, so it limps more often.

My friends dog does it when she wants attention and isn't getting any.

Emma
 
digital palpation truly finds them out. They might retract the foot but unless truly hurt, will not pick the same toe consistently! Wolfhounds have been documented well to fake it, as most hounds can do this. They are bright and very quick to manipulate. Try digital palpation and see if you get any consistent results! Little devil!
 
Greyhounds and lurchers are more prone to damaging their feet as they have little padding and very bony toes. I've lost count of the amount of toenails Alf has ripped off in the last year. He's never without a stumpy toe but even if there's no sign of damage he quite often limps after a particularly speedy 'flypast' as we call them. My other lurcher also had the same problem so your dog could be sore but probably not enough to warrant going backwards and forwards to the vet the way I did for the first few years. At one point I asked my vet if she could take my pay cheque and just give me back what was left at the end of the month!
 
We had a greyhound years ago and he was very mardy. After talking to a greyhound trainer, he told me that their feet are extremely sensitive and hence they are quite lazy dogs who dont want to exercise a lot.

I had been doing two, twenty minute walks a day and my dog's feet became raw. I think she might be telling you she hurts without you being able to actually see anything.

We laughed about it and thought ours needed some little doggey trainers to protect his pads. Never got round it I might add.
 
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