Hi everyone, I have a question about a possible injury to one of my dogs and was wondering if anyone has seen this before. I think it is hurting her to sit.
She is a two year old Florida Cur that is solid and very healthy. She was born with a tail. This morning she would stall out at a 2/3rd sit and would hesitate to go all the way down. At first I thought she was being obstinant, and forced it. But that is not the case. She is running hard and does not seem to be in any pain or any thing different, but she will not sit on her own to rest. She is either standing or she will lay down. I think she may have hurt her tail where it would naturally bend when she sits. She has been keeping it down a little and not using it as usual.
She does act normal, other than not sitting on her own. And pain is not an issue to this dog so it is hard to tell, but she is not liking me messing with her tail since this started.
Thanks for the reply, that is a new one to me. I will keep my eye on it. I am just hoping that she may have pulled something and will be better in a couple of days. I will look for the symptoms mentioned in the articlle. Tomarrow I will get her to do some jumping to see if she can do that to rule out a pulled leg muscle.
Auster has hurt a tail muscle in the past by hitting it against the bike one too many times during exercise. It was almost exactly the same as what was in the article, except that it started half way down the tail. It took Auster about a week to recover.
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I saw this happen a couple times to whippets or greyhounds taken out to course early in the season, probably with insufficient workouts beforehand. We just wrote it off either to "broken" tails (one I know was NOT broken) or dogs that got bumped, or whatever.
A condition like this has been showing up in GSD's (as well as other breeds). I'll be honest I can't remember the name for the condition. Maybe someone else on the board will know... (?spondylosis? or?) Its often misdiagnosed as an injury or just laziness when its really a problem in the spine.
Anyhow, its possible that it stems not from a tail injury but a spinal problem. Not saying that's the case w/ your dog...I'm not a vet. I saw a dog in Germany w/ this problem. Very slow/reluctant sits due to pain. Also jumping would cause pain.
Spondylosis is a spinal condition. I have a pet female that was diagnosed with it. Appeared suddenly, even just readjusting herself laying down can be painful without med's. Jumping forget it. She never had any problems sitting down. If you do some research, alot of spondylosis will be worse upon waking since they're usually stiffer. I'd have your vet check to rule it out, but meds can help with the pain for awhile.
Thanks everyone for your replies. I had not been online for a couple of days and was surprised to see so much help. I think the link that Lauren provided summed up what was happening with my cur. She seemed to have total mobility: running, cornering and jumping. Only thing was the sit, and a weird tail posture along with not liking the tail to be manipulated. The condition lasted for around 4 days total and got progressivly better every day and is now not an issue.
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