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I have a 10 month old V, just your typical crazy, loving, energetic vizsla. Today we went to the dog park, which also has a dog beach. She swam and ran around for at least 2.5 hours - just had a blast playing with the other dogs. Of course, she was tuckered out (as usual) when we got home and rinsed her off. She slept a few hours and we were going to take off to run some errands and wanted to put her in her crate while we were gone. I called her and she wouldn't get up. Twice, nothing. I thought I'd help her up to get her motivated (never had to do that before) and she whimpered but eventually stood up. Then I noticed she didn't want to walk anywhere. She would just sit down. I will say she sat normally on her back legs though. When she finally made any attempt to move, both back legs were hardly moving and she was staying off her front right leg as much as possible. The only leg that didn't seem to bother her was her front left one. I immediately burst into tears because I have feared hip dysplasia. We bought her from a reputable breeder and they had never had any problems. She's been on a large breed puppy food the entire time we've had her. We would walk or light jog with her at least 4 days a week for no more than 15-20 minutes. Other times we just play with her a lot or go to the dog park for a few hours on the weekends. She's never reacted this way. I'm hoping she's just sore from playing so much and so hard today. With the beautiful weather finally arriving, it was hard to leave! I've put a little heating pad on her legs and rubbed her muscles. It's been several hours since we've gotten home and she's still only walking as much as necessary. She's still limping though, it's improved only slightly since this afternoon. Does anyone have any thoughts? I just hate that it's a Saturday night and I can't get a hold of our vet.
Thanks so much in advance...
I have a 10 month old V, just your typical crazy, loving, energetic vizsla. Today we went to the dog park, which also has a dog beach. She swam and ran around for at least 2.5 hours - just had a blast playing with the other dogs. Of course, she was tuckered out (as usual) when we got home and rinsed her off. She slept a few hours and we were going to take off to run some errands and wanted to put her in her crate while we were gone. I called her and she wouldn't get up. Twice, nothing. I thought I'd help her up to get her motivated (never had to do that before) and she whimpered but eventually stood up. Then I noticed she didn't want to walk anywhere. She would just sit down. I will say she sat normally on her back legs though. When she finally made any attempt to move, both back legs were hardly moving and she was staying off her front right leg as much as possible. The only leg that didn't seem to bother her was her front left one. I immediately burst into tears because I have feared hip dysplasia. We bought her from a reputable breeder and they had never had any problems. She's been on a large breed puppy food the entire time we've had her. We would walk or light jog with her at least 4 days a week for no more than 15-20 minutes. Other times we just play with her a lot or go to the dog park for a few hours on the weekends. She's never reacted this way. I'm hoping she's just sore from playing so much and so hard today. With the beautiful weather finally arriving, it was hard to leave! I've put a little heating pad on her legs and rubbed her muscles. It's been several hours since we've gotten home and she's still only walking as much as necessary. She's still limping though, it's improved only slightly since this afternoon. Does anyone have any thoughts? I just hate that it's a Saturday night and I can't get a hold of our vet.
Thanks so much in advance...
