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Permalink Reply by Jane on June 14, 2011 at 10:17am

Is it a certain leg? Front/back? It's not that unusual for them to be sore once in a great while (just like a person), but if he's limping every morning I would probably be a little concerned. Is he on any supplements?

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Permalink Reply by Ronalyn, Chris, & the KIRBSTER! on June 14, 2011 at 3:26pm

It's the front leg. He takes glucosamine tablets with his food every day.

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Permalink Reply by Beth Walker on June 14, 2011 at 10:32am

It would be worth while to have a vet check his leg. I had a male corgi that would limp off and on, it ended up that he had a bone chip in his ankle and depending on where the chip was sitting would depend on if he limped or not because the chip floats around in the ankle. Unfortunately there are so many nerves running thru that part of the ankle the vets felt it safer not to remove it as it could cause more damage. I would definately try to stop his jumping if he is jumping from higher places, if have a ramp and stairs up to my bed so the corgi's don't jump up or down. Hope Kirby feels better soon.

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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on June 14, 2011 at 11:15am

The amount of stuff that can go wrong amazes me sometimes.  A piece of bone just floating around in there?  Yick!  That's awful.  I hope it didn't bother him too much.

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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on June 14, 2011 at 11:55am

I would have a vet check him out. This sounds similar to when Sparty partially tore his Cruciate Ligament. We were able to manage it with anti inflamatories and limited activities. I think if we had waited surgery would have been our only option.

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Permalink Reply by Ronalyn, Chris, & the KIRBSTER! on June 14, 2011 at 3:25pm

The very first time this happened we immediately took him to the emergency vet and they just injected him with some strong painkillers and billed us $300. The vet didn't do much and he pretty much healed on his own. The 2nd time we waited a few days and took him to our regular vet and she prescribed him some painkillers which really helped. So I called the vet and asked to get some more. Hopefully the meds will help and it's not too serious. He's putting slightly more weight on it than yesterday.

 

But I'm really going to stop him from jumping on and off things and running up and down stairs.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on June 14, 2011 at 3:40pm

Good idea, you may also want to keep / maintain him at an optimal weight, it'll put less stress on the joints.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on June 14, 2011 at 6:09pm

Goldy has this too - it happens about once very three weeks or so.  The first time it happened it only lasted like 10 minutes - the next time, it went on for a few hours, so I hauled her to the vet for xrays.  He said that she has a nerve or ligament - can't remember which that moves around.  When it moves into a certain position it causes her some discomfort, he compared it to us hitting our funny bone - doesn't feel good, but isn't a "injury" - she's quite pitiful when it's sore - limping around and sitting outside in the rain, but I think she also likes the dramatics and the attention.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on June 14, 2011 at 7:52pm

Franklin sometimes limps on his right hind leg. He has done this off and on since he had a muscle biopsy in October. Vet says its unrelated but I can't help but wonder. He's had 2 full sets of x-rays, one under full anesthetic and one with light sedation, both of hips/knees and both came out totally clean. He is 2 years old also. He can also get grouchy when I touch his hips/back legs and growl really quietly and get really tense. No idea what this is from but he's been checked out by several different vets for it and all say he's clean. Sooooo I just try to limit his activity for a few days after he has shown signs of limping and make sure to give him glucosamine/chondrotin and fish oil (omega 3's and 6's) to help with inflammation.

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