Baton Thaqi Webboard User Reg: 03-04-2005
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I have a GSD who is 19 months old.
After I got him back from a boarding place (yesterday) where he stayed for 10 days, while we were on vacation, I took him to a field for a run for about 1/2 an hour, than we got home he rested a bit than I took him for a walk for about an hour.
Could not notice any limping whatsoever.
When I gave him something to eat I notice he is barely putting any weight on the rear right leg. Sometimes he would even keep it slightly of the ground.
He would still walk and run and does not limp, but when he is standing he is letting go of the weight from that leg. Also I noticed while lying down on the side he would move that leg fast; I knew it was bothering him.
My doubts are that he injured hopefully just a muscle in the leg either while he was boarding or after boarding when I took him for a run on a big field.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, (before I take him to the vet).
Molly Graf Webboard User Reg: 06-11-2004
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running a boarding kennel myself, I hate to assume something evil was done to your dog while he was there - most likely, he was running around in a tighter space on slick surface and pulled something, or slipped and fell, or jumped up to see other dogs and pulled something, or was a complete idiot barking and running back and forth all week and strained or fatigued something. You could call the kennel, and without accusing anyone of any wrong-doing, ask how your dog behaved while he was there - did he eat? Was he relaxed? Did he appear stressed out? If so, did he settle down after a while, how long - after a day? two days? 9 days? Did he bark a lot (indicating he was not resting and was probably running around much of the time) - did he pace the kennel? Fence fight with other dogs? Any of these things could have caused a soft-tissue injury, just from the fact of his being in a kennel on concrete and possibly moving in ways he was not used to (if he is not normally kept in a concrete kennel).
alice oliver Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005
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he probably pulled a muscle. ten days of boarding is long enough for him to lose muscle tone. the field run was probably too much all at once. sort of like you and me spending most of our time on the couch watching tv, then deciding we're going to run a marathon.
take him to the vet to make sure it isn't anything else. but most likely you'll just have to rest him until he isn't favoring the leg any more, and then gradually build his muscle tone back up with increasingly longer walks on level ground.
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Rear Right Leg issue, after boarding him
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