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Permalink Reply by Lynne Cerny on January 26, 2011 at 3:33pm

How is he being picked up?  My Corgis don't like to be picked up with your hands under their front legs.  I was so used to picking up our cats like that, but the dogs NO WAY!!

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Permalink Reply by Mr. Bingley on January 26, 2011 at 8:49pm

My Bingley had sore legs all last summer.  When he stood up after sleeping, he looked like a dog of 15 years.  He would take a few minutes to get up and get going.  His vet examined him, took X-rays, and found it was only growing pains.   Now, Bingley has no troubles. 

Maybe Darby has growing pains too?  How old is Darby?  

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Permalink Reply by Jen on January 26, 2011 at 10:50pm

Ginger does that sometimes when I pick her up behind her front legs.  I think sometimes I just grab her wrong (or she just doesn't want to be picked up.  She learned early that if she sounds like you're killing her you'll leave her alone so she fakes it).  Now that she's getting bigger I try not to pick her up like that because it's gotta be hard on her little legs and back. 

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Permalink Reply by Judith Andre on January 27, 2011 at 12:00am

 

i think pretty much all of our Corgis have disliked ( and often yelped ) when picked up around their chests.  I always put one hand under their butts.

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Permalink Reply by Shawna & Eddie on January 27, 2011 at 1:08am

Eddie whines or yalps whenever someone tries to pick him up under the armpits a certain way. I've gotten into the habit of using both hands-- one under his ribs, the other supporting his rump area. This distributes his weight and supports his long body much better, and doesn't cause him any pain.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on January 27, 2011 at 9:02am

Hi Shawna, are you using a harness / gentle leader of some sort by any chance? Some of those designs are so poor that they can cause unwanted chaffing / bloody armpits.

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Permalink Reply by Shawna & Eddie on January 31, 2011 at 3:26am

I was at first, but switched to a collar because I was worried about chaffing, like you said. He still yelps though, if he's picked up wrong. I think another part of it could be because he has a small umbilical hernia, so I'm always careful to remind others about it when they pick him up. I can't wait to get that fixed as soon as possible; it scares me to think it might get bigger or cause him pain.

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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on January 31, 2011 at 8:21am

exactly... the one i was using left two sores under each front leg, by the time i checked

i had to stop using it

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Lynch on January 27, 2011 at 8:43am

Thanks for all the replies.  His Dad is having fits.  He knows something serious is wrong.  It's just so weird.  He is eating fine, walking fine and is drinking water (everything that way is normal).  The 3 of us (Darb, Cos and me) pretty much just got up, so I'm keeping on eye on him. 

Will keep you all posted as things change.

Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Tauna and Kota on January 31, 2011 at 3:01pm

I definitely only pick Kota up by putting one arm between his back legs and the other under his chest area to distribute the weight and it doesn't stretch any areas. I never lift him from under his shoulders or hips or only around the ribs.

 

I would definitely make sure that people are picking him up a certain way so that it puts the least amount of strain on him.  Serious injuries and pain can be caused by improper lifting techniques.

 

Kota yelps sometimes when i try to move him around wrong on the bed or when he is laying on me. He was having some problems with his rear... Like kind of limping, bunny hopping, and difficulties getting up from laying down etc. He is not having many problems lately except sometimes being a little wary while trying to get up after laying down, especially on not so sturdy/firm areas.

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Permalink Reply by Sheila Lynch on February 1, 2011 at 9:08am

Well whatever was wrong with Darb last week, got better and went away as fast as it came on.  Jim and I are thinking maybe he got into something he wasn't suppose to.  But like I said, he is back to being his normal self -  what a relief!!

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