You can add Finnigan to the list of limping dogs. I don't know what is wrong with him. His problem started a couple weeks ago. We had a meet up at the dog park for Finnigan's birthday and we stayed longer than we normally would. Finnigan was having so much fun running around as he always does at the park, but toward the end of the night I noticed that he was waddling more than normal and wondered if his hips could be causing him pain or if he was just completely worn out. We took him home and put him in his crate while we ran out to get something to eat. When we got back and let him out, he was very slow getting out of the crate and he walked a few steps then sat down. Normally he'd come racing out. I called him and he walked a couple more steps then sat again. This time I noticed he was limping. It appeared to be his back right leg causing the problem. We felt around for cuts or thorns and found nothing. We moved the leg around and he didn't react. He didn't want to walk the rest of the night. The next morning he got out of the crate limping but as the day went on it got better. It was worse after he'd been lying down. I gave him a baby Aspirin and the next day he seemed fine.

Jump ahead two weeks to least night. We went to my Mom's and took Finn with us. He played all night with her Cardigan as he always does when we're there. Again I noticed his hind end swaying more than usual by the end of the night. This morning we let him out of the crate and he is limping and doesn't want to walk. I can't even tell this time which leg it is, or maybe it's both hind legs. He has not been doing anything out of the ordinary so I don't understand why he keeps ending up with a limp. I instantly worry that it’s something serious because Finnigan is said to have bad hips. We had his hips x-rayed when he was 8 months old and the vet said he had "bad hips" but may or may not ever have problems because of it. The breeders I've talked to said Cardi hips often look bad compared to nondwarf breeds but are typical for the breed and suggested that perhaps our vet isn't familiar with dwarf breeds. I don't know what to believe so really he may or may not have bad hips. Seeing hip limp like this makes me worry about his hips though. I don't know what to do with him. He's only a year old. He loves to run and burn off energy so I'm not about to keep him from doing that. He doesn't get to do it often anyway because we don't have a yard. Any ideas what could be wrong? Hips, sprain, sore muscles from exercising? We are giving him baby Aspirin and limiting activity while he is like this but is there something else we should be doing?