Help needed - info on dog lifting up hind leg and not eating

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
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Message Posted:
27/02/2011 19:02

Don't know if anyone can help, we took in a stray at Christmas, he is only 6 ,months old, pointer cross, the other day he was lifting his back leg when standing still and has totally gone off his food, has not eaten for 2 full days, he does not seem in pain but is covering with his tale between his legs, no loose bowls, not sick and not wincing when we touch his leg, we are taking him to vet tomorrow but any advice would be useful, he just lays and sleeps all day

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
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Message Posted:
27/02/2011 20:15

Wait and see what the vet says, it could be all sorts of things, but I hope its nothing serious. Maybe just pulled a muscle and if he is feeling sore, maybe he doesn't feel like eating. Maybe a temperature, maybe an infection, but its pointless just trying to guess.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/02/2011 22:07

Is he having bowel movements? Because it sounds like constipation.

rowan


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Message Posted:
27/02/2011 22:42

just get him to the vet asap

MsGarnet


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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 01:48

maybe a seed or splinter in his foot? If he can't weight bear.......Being a pup, maybe he has eaten something he shouldn't have - bone, or plastic, or something - which is stuck somewhere along the digestion tract - the Vet is the answer.....hope he is OK

Lilli



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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 08:04

As evertbody says get him to the vet soon. Hope its not parvo.

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 09:21

It could be that there is a blockage in the bowel, like a piece of bone, or a pebble that he may have swallowed.

one of my own dogs had these exact same symptoms last year with a pebble. I fed her lots of foods that cause diarrhea and walked her till she got a bowel movement....she was fixed in about 4 days....





DD

louthlass


Joined: 09/11/2008
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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 11:25

Is he drinking? My English Bullmastiff was off colour last weekend, and suffered similar symptoms. We suspected she had eaten something in the garden as we have no grass which they must have to graze. After two days she came back to normal. She does eat leaves from the hibiscus trees but that does not harm her.

I urged her to have some milk and tinned fish in oil, which she managed to get down. As she weighs 65 kilos, it was a big worry. We also thought maybe she was constipated. I do hope your dog will recover quickly.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 11:45

Our Stray, now homed Dog had similar thing ,turned out to be constipated ....Fed two tins of Tuna in Oil and thankfully now OK.....But do get your dog to the Vet ASAP..... It could well be something more serious Good Luck

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 15:27

It turned out he has a viral infection which the vet is hoping can be treated with a weeks course of injections, his temperature was 40 so very high, it turns out he got this as he had not had his last 2 immunisation jabs as we were in UK. Poor thing, good news is he ate 2 small bowls of food this afternoon.

martinD41


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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 15:40

Injections of what,do you know?

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
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Message Posted:
28/02/2011 17:04

No idea, he said this viral infection in young dogs can be picked up from anywhere. He is having to have 3 injections a day for 5 days