I have an Adorable lab puppy who has suddenly started limping intermittently. He seems in no pain, never yelps but the limp when it happens is significant.usually after a 30 min walk - he came from a reputable breeder is pedigree and his parents had good hip scores. The vet says yesterday that hopefully it’s just a sprain or something but could / quite likely to be Elbow dysplasia. He’s on two weeks of only short lead walks and metacam as an anti inflammatory- he looks thoroughly miserable that he can’t go to the park and chase his ball. I’ve started reading up on it and seems if he has it his exercise could have to be limited. My heart is breaking for him and I’m dreading seeing what the next appt in two weeks will reveal if he needs a x Ray / Ct. Does anyone have any good stories where a limp turns out to be something curable? Can he have an op . He had a weird seizure type thing about a month ago and stayed over night at the vets and thankfully after monitoring it hasn’t happened again (at the time he had Giardia and diarrhoea so wasn’t in best of health) poor fella seems like everything that’s out there has gone his way - but could this be linked ? I so want him to get fully fit which he was for first couple of months ! I worry about him more than my kids !
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