Discussing lux patellas, if this is indeed the cause with the JRT, what is "moderate" activity? Short slow runs? No runs? I ask for two reasons: clarity for future searchings and selfishly, for my dog. Keep a light weight, slow warm ups, cool downs, etc are good, but I am interested in what you all deem is moderate activity?
speaking of the lux patellas, we just got back from the vet for health certificates for our flight and she goes to messing with all my yorkie males legs and stops on his hind leg and says he has it. Now he's never yelped or anything like that, but I have sometimes seen him going down stairs lift it but he kind of hops down stairs anyway so i never thought anything about it, but now i know what it is. other than going down stairs ive never noticed any other time he does that. the vet says the only thing to do for it is surgery so I will be checking into that when we get to the states.
So I went to the vet today and Pele has lux patellas in both back legs. Level 2 in one and level 1 in the other. They said that there is no need for surgery yet and gave me SynoviG3 for her joints for now. They said if it gets worse then we would have to look into surgery. They also said I can still run her and it should be fine.
So I am wondering how much I should run her....we usually only run 3 times a week...think that is too much? I would have asked the vet but I was kinda in a hurry to leave since it took them 1 1/2 hours to figure this all out and I was on my lunch break =)
This does sound like a luxating patella. Definately have him checked by your vet. But I do agree it is not an overly painful condition and your decision (if that is the diagnosis) will depend on what you want to do with the dog (ie casual pet or sport dog).
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So long as it causes him no pain really every day isn't out of the question. The only thing I restrict with mine is jumping, and steep hill/rock climbing.
So would jumping off of our bed be bad for her? She mainly lands on her front legs so i wouldn't think it would be bad. Reason I ask is because she will do "Turbo Time" through the house when we play and part of her course is on the bed then off.
OH, we just got back from a run and I kid you not...as soon as we went outside of our apartment complex she started limping. Limped every time we walked. As soon as we came back into the apt complex not one limp.
Don't plan on doing any sport with her...can't really cause she does not get along with other dogs very well when outside. So she is going to just be our pet and exercise buddy.
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