Limping after walks

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Hi

Just wondered if anyone could give me any advice/opinions.

I have a nearly 3 year old Boxer and everytime she goes for a walk, that evening she will be limping, but normally back to normal the next day. She only limps when she has been let off the lead, she does hare round but...she is only 3 and surely this isnt right? we have got her booked into the vets for a check over re:ligaments etc but just wondered if anyone elses dog has this issue and if so how did you make it better? without just keeping her on lead all the time.

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You don't say how long this has been going on, but it's likely she has pulled something, it may not necessarily be in her leg, it could be in her back, and of course she forgets herself in the excitement of having the chance to run around, and causes it to become inflamed, which she feels when she is back home.

My dog had a similar problem, and the vet gave Norocarp for a while for the inflammation. I also took her for hydrotherapy which I don't think did much good. I put her on Supplex from Aviform which is a joint supplement, and she is completely fine now.

It could be arthritis but as you say your dog is a bit young for that.
 
Unfortunately, if she has sustained an injury to either her ligaments/tendons or back, then she will have to be kept on the lead for a while. Until complete recovery has been completed then any exertion off lead will be detrimental. Is there a specific incident you can recall when you first noticed this lameness? Roadwalking is especially good for firming up tendon/ligament injuries but follow your vets advice.
 
Also while she recovers, no jumping in and out of the car, no jumping and twisting for a ball or hooning with friends. My dog did his back, but his limp was in his leg, and needed a course of anti-inflammatories and rest. He either did it jumping for a ball or by falling off the A-frame, muppet dog!!!

Was paranoid about his hips, but his x-rays looked fantastic.

Please bear in mind with young, large, weight bearing dogs, not to overdo the exercise before twelve months as this can put a lot of strain on the joints and still-soft bones.
 
Is the lameness in hind leg or fore leg??? If hind leg I would be suspicious of cruiticiate ligament trouble, we had a doberman cross who had DJD (Denenerative Joint Disorder) and had hind leg lameness after walks on and off for a while, was usually recovered by the following day until the next walk. X rays discovered cruiciate wear due to DJD so at the age of 2 or 3 (rescue dog) he was operated on, lead a full active life after this, so worth the op...
 
my 3 year old boxer had a similar issue, illustrated by holding the offending hind leg just above the ground although appearing sound most of the time - id put it down to him knocking himself on something (being a boxer afterall!).

I then noticed one of his hocks was swollen, turns out he had an avulsion fracture of the achilles which had snapped bone off the point of his hock. It a common injury in this type of dogs due to the forces going through the hind end.

He spent 6 weeks in a Robert Jones bandage to take the strain off the joint and let the fracture heal properly.

He's been on restricted exercise for 8 months now and is almost fuly healed. He has a joint support for running at the moment, joint supplement and greyhound cooling gel.

He did alot of swimming in the early part of his rehab.

Better to get it checked out sooner rather than later.

xxx
 
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