Spudlet
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Send him back I want another one!
No idea what he's done, but Henry is not himself at all. I think he must have tweaked or pulled something on Tuesday. He was unable to leap into the car on Tuesday evening, then when he tried to jump onto the sofa later that evening he yipped and gave up.
Since then he has been a little subdued. On Wednesday morning he pottered up the stairs at work like a little old man, where normally he races up - he was a little better this morning, but back to pottering at lunchtime. He also made himself yelp trying to leap on a mate's dog
rolleyes and overdoing it chasing a ball I was rolling along the floor (it bounced, he bounced, he yelped
). He seems to forget, overdo it, then he yelps and comes and cuddles up next to me, poor wee man!
He is not lame, not stiff (I have been making him get up and pootle up and down the corridor every couple of hours), and he is still alert and interested on walks, showing no signs of wanting to stop or go home. I've kept him on the lead and have temporarily swapped to a harness to save his neck.
He will now sort of scramble onto the sofa, and he can pootle up and down the stairs at home ok. He's not showing any signs of impacted anal glands, and he's happy to have all four limbs manipulated, all his toes twiddled, have his back felt all the way from nose to tail. He is also still cocking his leg fine.
He is a bit better today - obviously if he doesn't pick up in a couple of days we will go to the vets - but could anyone think what it might be?! I am wondering if he has cricked his neck standing up on his hind legs and bending his neck so he can reach to drink out of the field troughs?
No idea what he's done, but Henry is not himself at all. I think he must have tweaked or pulled something on Tuesday. He was unable to leap into the car on Tuesday evening, then when he tried to jump onto the sofa later that evening he yipped and gave up.
Since then he has been a little subdued. On Wednesday morning he pottered up the stairs at work like a little old man, where normally he races up - he was a little better this morning, but back to pottering at lunchtime. He also made himself yelp trying to leap on a mate's dog
rolleyes and overdoing it chasing a ball I was rolling along the floor (it bounced, he bounced, he yelped). He seems to forget, overdo it, then he yelps and comes and cuddles up next to me, poor wee man!He is not lame, not stiff (I have been making him get up and pootle up and down the corridor every couple of hours), and he is still alert and interested on walks, showing no signs of wanting to stop or go home. I've kept him on the lead and have temporarily swapped to a harness to save his neck.
He will now sort of scramble onto the sofa, and he can pootle up and down the stairs at home ok. He's not showing any signs of impacted anal glands, and he's happy to have all four limbs manipulated, all his toes twiddled, have his back felt all the way from nose to tail. He is also still cocking his leg fine.
He is a bit better today - obviously if he doesn't pick up in a couple of days we will go to the vets - but could anyone think what it might be?! I am wondering if he has cricked his neck standing up on his hind legs and bending his neck so he can reach to drink out of the field troughs?
That's why I did a flexion test, to see if he showed any signs of stiffness or lameness through either hind leg. But he didn't, and he's showing no pain or lack of movement through his hips either.