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Permalink Reply by Matt & Hilliary on July 1, 2009 at 9:22am

Is he playing rough at all, possibly with other dogs? I noticed Oppy had a limp for a couple hours after playing with an English Bulldog pretty rough. He recovered just fine though. Your case sounds like it might be something more serious, I dunno though, I'm no doctor :p

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Kelty on July 1, 2009 at 1:48pm

I've noticed the same thing about Miso, after she's been sleeping. She limps a bit on occasion, then two seconds later, is just fine. She lays kinda funny sometimes, so I was thinking that maybe it could be her foot falling asleep.

I would definitely take Charlie to the vet, though. Can't hurt anything!

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Permalink Reply by Sam on July 1, 2009 at 7:08pm

Sometimes growing pups have issue with one part of their bone growing faster than another. This will cause lameness and generally for the leg to start turning out. Sometimes they go through growthy periods. If this is happening on a regular basis it would be worth your while to have an x-ray done of the leg. One never knows what lurks as pups grow. May be one of those things that early detection may save you loads of problems later. Let us know what you find out.

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Permalink Reply by Melinda (Penny's Mom) on July 2, 2009 at 11:53am

Penny did the same thing yesterday, but today she seems fine....strange.

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Permalink Reply by MagnoliaFly on July 2, 2009 at 3:50pm

There could be a variety of things going on. I recommend getting your dog examined by your vet or someone that specializes in orthopedics. Since your dog is six months old at onset it makes me wonder if this isn't some sort of elbow or hip problem. Many issues like that are described by the dog appearing "stiff" when getting up after laying down for a while or being a bit lazy.

It may be something as simple as muscle inflammation or a strain up to a fracture of a joint or bone. Hard to say without having the exam done.

I hope it is something minor! I just dropped $1,000 in xrays recently after finding my corgi limping and not performing during agility like she normally would. We thought it was a fragmented medial coronoid process (elbow) that would have required surgery. Thankfully a second set of xrays ruled it out.

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Permalink Reply by Rayanne on July 2, 2009 at 8:02pm

My Bentley is doing the same thing! I noticed it first around Christmas, when he was 10 months old. Limping on the front rigt paw after getting up from rest. Over the next few months it kept getting worse, until he was really hobbling and staying down a lot longer than usual. I talked to my vet at his year exam in April, and they prescribed an anti-inflammatory in case it was an injury. That had no effect, so we did x-rays. They showed nothing. So we did 2 more weeks of anti-inflammatory. I then started noticing him not putting weight on the rear right as well. My vet referred us to a neurologist. He found nothing to indicate it was neurological. So he conferred with the orthopedist. They thought it could be a condition call panosteitis, which is a bone inflammation that occurs in young dogs and goes away on it's own, but can be managed with pain meds. they did ex-rays again to see if anything had changed since last ex-rays. He is on Rymadil now, but is still limping. Everything looked perfect. It's very frustrating to see a dog who can barely walk at home (but can still run when excited), and and pay specialists who can't figure out why. It's been 6 months now. Let me know if you can find anything out, and I'll do the same.

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Permalink Reply by Wendt Worth Corgi's on July 2, 2009 at 8:58pm

I went back to your profile page to look over your pictures to see angles of your dogs front legs. In the pictures he doesn't look to be to knobby legged to me. Make sure nails are short since that can add to undo stress to angulation and ligaments. He is part lab so he is a large breed...what are you feeding him? Even though corgis seem small they are a Med. breed dog that is a dwarf so small breed dog foods can have too much protein and cause bone and development issues. Some breeders of large breed dogs feel no puppy kibble..it adds more issues then its worth but to feed a good adult kibble. There is such a thing called wondering lameness and happens in growth spurts and the best way to describe it is its nothing more then growing pains. One day its one leg and the other can be another leg. Too much exercise or strenuous exercise on immature joints will cause issues. Too fast of running on concrete..jumping to high and landing on those immature joints. You have a pup that is more then one breed no matter the weight or size of him...so think of both breeds. Good luck w/him and keep us informed.

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Permalink Reply by Susan on July 3, 2009 at 11:24am

Charlie isn't limping nearly as much today, nor did he yesterday. I'm going to give it over the weekend and see if maybe it goes away on it's own. If it's still here next week though, I'll take him to the vet. I'm wondering if he didn't just strain a muscle. He LOVES to run with our older lab and she gets a little too rough with him at times. The thing is, the corgi in him doesn't quit I'm finding out!! So I think even if his leg was hurting him, he just won't give up, he keeps going and going!!

I've not been a good pet owner and have been skeptic about the puppy food thing. I've been just giving him the same as I give Kayla. She eats a generic brand of Purina one. The first ingredient is chicken so he is probably getting a lot of protein. He also loves chicken jerky tenders. Could the protein levels be too high for him? I'll ask the vet about that too.

Thanks so much for all the response. I'm hoping this just clears up on it's own, but if it doesn't we'll definately pursue medical advice.

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