Our little guy, Bridger, hurt his right hip playing this week. He will weight bear and toe touch on the right leg but mostly runs around with three legs. The only time he seems to have pain is when the vet tugged around his hip. Otherwise, he's still able to jump up on the bed and run around, although we haven't been letting him. I really don't want this to blossom into something worse.
The vet today put him on anti inflammatories and told us to 'rest' and 'hang out around the house' with no play, no wandering the backyard alone, and no running. We're going to reassess on Tuesday. If there's no improvement, they'll sedate him for hip x-rays.
In the meantime, do you have any advice for keeping an 8 month old V 'quiet' while he's two year old brother Ryker romps around? I hate to reduce it to separation and crate time, but I will if that will heal it without this getting worse. For now we plan on exercising Ryker a lot so that he sleeps, and then Bridger will hopefully do the same. We've got mental stimulation toys and plan on training him for mental exercise. We can only do Benadryl 1-2x a day. We've got new toys for him to gnaw on while he's in the crate, although Ryker is stationed outside the crate, barking his head off because he can't play.
What have you done that has had any success when having to heal your V's? Anything that seemed to help? Did they eventually adapt to 'chilling out'? We get them out for an off leash run, at least an hour long, everyday. Or they go to the dog park for an hour and play. They're used to a good amount of exercise.
Thanks in advance!
The vet today put him on anti inflammatories and told us to 'rest' and 'hang out around the house' with no play, no wandering the backyard alone, and no running. We're going to reassess on Tuesday. If there's no improvement, they'll sedate him for hip x-rays.
In the meantime, do you have any advice for keeping an 8 month old V 'quiet' while he's two year old brother Ryker romps around? I hate to reduce it to separation and crate time, but I will if that will heal it without this getting worse. For now we plan on exercising Ryker a lot so that he sleeps, and then Bridger will hopefully do the same. We've got mental stimulation toys and plan on training him for mental exercise. We can only do Benadryl 1-2x a day. We've got new toys for him to gnaw on while he's in the crate, although Ryker is stationed outside the crate, barking his head off because he can't play.
What have you done that has had any success when having to heal your V's? Anything that seemed to help? Did they eventually adapt to 'chilling out'? We get them out for an off leash run, at least an hour long, everyday. Or they go to the dog park for an hour and play. They're used to a good amount of exercise.
Thanks in advance!
