Young & Active Dog with Sore Paws? Legs? Hips? after playing?
Young & Active Dog with Sore Paws? Legs? Hips? after playing? General Dog Discussions
My 2.5 yr old lab mix loves running around, swimming, retrieving, you name it. She is very active. However starting a few months ago after we play frisbee, ball, go for a run or hike and she comes in a lays down and relaxes with me she doesnt want to get up and acts like her back legs or feet or hips are very sore. When she does get up she takes tiny steps and she needs a few minutes for her legs to "stretch" but she still limps around. Then, when she eats she looks like she is dancing from switching the weight side to side on her backfeet. The next day she is totally fine. No soreness no anything. This cycle continues everyday. I check her range of motion, her paws for cuts, sore, rawness, or long nails, etc and find nothing. A few weeks later we were playing catch in the backyard just like usual and she was running to catch the ball when she all of a sudden yelped and stopped mid-run and limped her way back to me where she continued whimpering for a minute. I picked her up and brought her inside and checked her thoroughly for everything again. What could be hurting her? It only happens after she gets her exercise like she has a sore back-end from the "workout." Also, we play in soft grass not on pavement. I can't NOT give her exercise either. Anyone with experience?She is not even 3 and she is a lab mix so I didnt think she would have HD.. my husband found her abandoned by the lake and the vet said she was almost 4 weeks old so i have no idea what her lineage is.. She gets sore after play and then the next morning is hyper just like always.. and the cycle continues. Im going to take her back to the vet, they thought maybe a pulled muscle and to restrict activity and/or ice it. But playing frisbee in the backyard for 30 mins should not make her sore