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[fortune]

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

I will never put off limping issues again. My dog occasionally limped ONLY upon getting up but after walking a bit was fine. Ran fine. Played hard and was fine. Just limped upon getting up. Well, come to find out, he has bone cancer.

Never put off going to the vet to check it out even if the limping is intermittent. My dog's was. It doesn't take much to do a quick xray to get a sense of what is going on. Wouldn't you rather do that than wait and risk that by the time you find out, it could be too late or too far along to deal with? Sure it can be something minor like the leg falling asleep easily but it can also be a sign of something much more serious. So why risk it? I don't understand that?  Plus you can do the hip xray you want at the same time. Bumping up the later scheduled visit doesn't hurt anything right? As it is, when my boy first started limping because it was intermittent they poo pooed it as just arthritis or something minor. I should have insisted on an xray much earlier.

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Wasnt the leg swollen or anything? That is pretty scary. The problem I have is I am the only one that has seen it. When I tell my mom she comes in and the next thing she is jumping up in my chair. So I am working on getting her to take it more serious. Why doesn't she do it when laying on the kitchen floor.  I know if my mom had seen it the last two times she would be in the vet. 

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No it was not swollen for the longest time. When it did swell a bit, that is when I insisted on an xray. Often times bone cancer does not swell. Most of the time the way they find bone cancer in a dog is after the dog breaks that leg which often happens way far into the progression of the cancer. The only other sign is usually limping (sometimes intermitten, sometimes constant- depends on the dog) but not always, sometimes there isn't even limping.

It doesn't matter if no one else witnesses it. You just need to tell the vet which leg it is and then they can do the xray. My dog jumped up and down on my bed and everwhere else too and didn't limp after playing or jumping around.

I think it is clear though, they you won't bring your dog in until April which is, obviously, your call. I just learned the hard way not to ignore even the smallest, most intermittent signs without having them thoroughly checked which means, at the very least, an xray and not just a simple exam by the vets.

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It's not my call. I am a disabled adult who lives with my parents. I can tend to be a worry ward. So when I try to tell my mom she needs to take her in she thinks I am exaggerating . Until she sees it for herself she thinks I am exaggerating. I would feel much better if she would take her in. I am trying to get it on video. But I missed her doing it the last time. Why does she only do it when she is in my room. Why has she never done it when she is laying in the family room with them.  Or why has she never done it while laying in the kitchen. Until my mom sees it she isn't going to take it seriously.

Was as if your dogs front or back leg? Did your dog not limp after exercise or anything? How old is your dog?

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@ccassaday

You're saying that if you are the only one who saw it, it might not be true?  Please trust yourself.  My granddog's limp was very evident the several times I've seen it.  Other times, he plays hard and runs up and down the stairs just like nothing's wrong.  My son was supposed to take him to the vet on Monday, but later said he was "too tired."  I will worry until the vet sees Jasper and diagnoses the problem.  Keep us informed!

[ccassaday]

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@fortune wrote:

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

I will never put off limping issues again. My dog occasionally limped ONLY upon getting up but after walking a bit was fine. Ran fine. Played hard and was fine. Just limped upon getting up. Well, come to find out, he has bone cancer.

Never put off going to the vet to check it out even if the limping is intermittent. My dog's was. It doesn't take much to do a quick xray to get a sense of what is going on. Wouldn't you rather do that than wait and risk that by the time you find out, it could be too late or too far along to deal with? Sure it can be something minor like the leg falling asleep easily but it can also be a sign of something much more serious. So why risk it? I don't understand that?  Plus you can do the hip xray you want at the same time. Bumping up the later scheduled visit doesn't hurt anything right? As it is, when my boy first started limping because it was intermittent they poo pooed it as just arthritis or something minor. I should have insisted on an xray much earlier.

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Wasnt the leg swollen or anything? That is pretty scary. The problem I have is I am the only one that has seen it. When I tell my mom she comes in and the next thing she is jumping up in my chair. So I am working on getting her to take it more serious. Why doesn't she do it when laying on the kitchen floor.  I know if my mom had seen it the last two times she would be in the vet. 

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No it was not swollen for the longest time. When it did swell a bit, that is when I insisted on an xray. Often times bone cancer does not swell. Most of the time the way they find bone cancer in a dog is after the dog breaks that leg which often happens way far into the progression of the cancer. The only other sign is usually limping (sometimes intermitten, sometimes constant- depends on the dog) but not always, sometimes there isn't even limping.

It doesn't matter if no one else witnesses it. You just need to tell the vet which leg it is and then they can do the xray. My dog jumped up and down on my bed and everwhere else too and didn't limp after playing or jumping around.

I think it is clear though, they you won't bring your dog in until April which is, obviously, your call. I just learned the hard way not to ignore even the smallest, most intermittent signs without having them thoroughly checked which means, at the very least, an xray and not just a simple exam by the vets.

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It's not my call. I am a disabled adult who lives with my parents. I can tend to be a worry ward. So when I try to tell my mom she needs to take her in she thinks I am exaggerating . Until she sees it for herself she thinks I am exaggerating. I would feel much better if she would take her in. I am trying to get it on video. But I missed her doing it the last time. Why does she only do it when she is in my room. Why has she never done it when she is laying in the family room with them.  Or why has she never done it while laying in the kitchen. Until my mom sees it she isn't going to take it seriously.

Was as if your dogs front or back leg? Did your dog not limp after exercise or anything? How old is your dog?

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@ccassaday

You're saying that if you are the only one who saw it, it might not be true?  Please trust yourself.  My granddog's limp was very evident the several times I've seen it.  Other times, he plays hard and runs up and down the stairs just like nothing's wrong.  My son was supposed to take him to the vet on Monday, but later said he was "too tired."  I will worry until the vet sees Jasper and diagnoses the problem.  Keep us informed!

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No. What I am saying is I have told my mom when it happens. But because she hasnt seen it she thinks I am exaggerating. If she had seen her do it she would of called the vet already. The other day I told her to come because Chloe wasn't putting her back leg down. By the time she got in there Chloe was a wild girl jumping up on me in my chair and being silly. I don't know how else to convince her to take her in. It's so sporadic. It's happened maybe 4 or five times in 4 months or so. Chloe doesn't dvdn do if when she is laying in the family room with my parents. I try to explain what I saw and keep telling her but when my mom hasn't seen it she is thinks I am exaggerating.

[Marp]

@ccassaday, you keep saying it only happens when she is in your room.  Would you please describe the surface she is laying on?

[ccassaday]

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@Marp wrote:

@ccassaday, you keep saying it only happens when she is in your room.  Would you please describe the surface she is laying on?

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It's carpet with I would say a middle of the road padding. The kitchen floor is hard and she has never done it. The family room is carpeted and that's where she usually lays in the evening with my parents. Never done it there. I am going to keep track of how she is laying in my room.  She always seems to be curled up with her legs under her. A lot of times in the family room she is on the couch or in my dads lap. But on the carpet also. I know if I could get a video my mom wouldn't hesitate to take her in. Usually she is laying beside my chair in my room when my parents leave and it's just me or during the day. 

[Lipstickdiva]

We have this same issue with my dog.  It only happens occassionally and for a few seconds, when she gets up from lying down.  She has been checked and x-rayed and they cannot find a thing wrong.

But I think you need to have her checked ASAP.

We had a dog that only limped occassionally so we didn't think much of it. Then we took him for a nice long walk to get him some exercise.  When we came back, he laid down and could barely walk when he got up.  We took him to the vet and the vet was very concerned he had bone cancer.

An x-ray revealed that his kneecaps in both back legs were off to the side and all the cartilege gone so he had developed serious arthritis.  He was only 2 when this happened.    

[ccassaday]

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

We have this same issue with my dog.  It only happens occassionally and for a few seconds, when she gets up from lying down.  She has been checked and x-rayed and they cannot find a thing wrong.

But I think you need to have her checked ASAP.

We had a dog that only limped occassionally so we didn't think much of it. Then we took him for a nice long walk to get him some exercise.  When we came back, he laid down and could barely walk when he got up.  We took him to the vet and the vet was very concerned he had bone cancer.

An x-ray revealed that his kneecaps in both back legs were off to the side and all the cartilege gone so he had developed serious arthritis.  He was only 2 when this happened.    

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It's crazy. She walks two miles almost every evening and never has a issue after. I was actually thinking the knee cap also. Although it's usually pretty rare in Goldens. I really don't think it is anything like bone cancer. It usually progresses fast. We first noticed this probably back in Oct. And it hasn't gotten any worse. I have seen it maybe 4 times since Oct. I will defintly keep trying to get s video so I can show my mom. She will defintly be getting X-rays in April. But if I can prove to my mom I am not exaggerating she will probably get in sooner. Like I said it's really weird. Never seen her do it on the hard floor. I hadn't seen her do it in probably two or three months when she did it the other day. And she hasn't done it since.

[NickNack]

I hope you can convince your mom to take her to the Vet soon.  If you've seen her do it several times, I'm sure there's been other times it's happened that you haven't seen it.  I guess I don't understand why your mom wouldn't believe you.  I hope you can go to the Vet when your mom goes to explain to the Vet what is happening.

[ccassaday]

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@Nicknack wrote:

I hope you can convince your mom to take her to the Vet soon.  If you've seen her do it several times, I'm sure there's been other times it's happened that you haven't seen it.  I guess I don't understand why your mom wouldn't believe you.  I hope you can go to the Vet when your mom goes to explain to the Vet what is happening.

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Because I tend to be a worry ward. And the fact ten seconds after she doesn't it she is zooming around the house. And the fact she never seems to have a issue after playing hard. Before this came up we were always planning on getting her hips Xrayed in April. Since she has been a pup she has had a backend that sways when walking slowly. The vet checked her and said her hips felt fine but we could do X-rays If we wanted. We were waiting until she was 2. She wasn't showing any pain and Goldens growth plates don't close until two. The swaying backend can be just for having a longer back and can also be normal. It doesn't mean there are hip problems.

[Lipstickdiva]

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@Nicknack wrote:

I hope you can convince your mom to take her to the Vet soon.  If you've seen her do it several times, I'm sure there's been other times it's happened that you haven't seen it.  I guess I don't understand why your mom wouldn't believe you.  I hope you can go to the Vet when your mom goes to explain to the Vet what is happening.

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Because I tend to be a worry ward. And the fact ten seconds after she doesn't it she is zooming around the house. And the fact she never seems to have a issue after playing hard. Before this came up we were always planning on getting her hips Xrayed in April. Since she has been a pup she has had a backend that sways when walking slowly. The vet checked her and said her hips felt fine but we could do X-rays If we wanted. We were waiting until she was 2. She wasn't showing any pain and Goldens growth plates don't close until two. The swaying backend can be just for having a longer back and can also be normal. It doesn't mean there are hip problems.

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A dog swaying its backend back and forth could be a back issue or some other neurological problem.  

My current boxer has a back issue, specifically a bulging disc.   Long story short, one day she was running around like a nut, the next day she couldn't even get into a chair or walk up the steps.  She could just walk on flat ground.  I knew something wasn't right when she tried jumping on the bed and fell that night.

I took her to the vet and they kept her and said x-rays showed a back/disc problem that would progress very rapidly and we had to take her to a specialist.  By the time I picked her up that evening, she could barely walk right at all.  She had no control over her legs and they just flug out and wobbled and she kept falling and her hind end was swinging all over.  I got her into a specialist the next day and he reviewed everything from my vet and decided the best course of action would be doggy bed rest and an anti-inflammatory.  So for 2 weeks she was on medication to keep her totally calm plus the anti-inflammatory. She wasn't allowed up and down steps, she wasn't allowed to jump on the furniture. She could walk to eat or do her business outside.  My DH carried her upstairs to our bed every night and then carried her downstairs every morning.

We are very fortunate that so far, she has been fine and hasn't had another issue.  I am super careful about how hard she plays and how much she runs.  Luckily, she's pretty laid back.  But to this day, sometimes her back legs will just fling out as she's walking and her backend sways around and swings when she walks.  You can definitely tell there is an issue.          

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@ccassaday wrote:

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@chrystaltree wrote:

What did the vet say?  Surely you know it isn't normal and surely you know her vet should check it out....now....not in April.   If a child had this problem, would wait till April to have it looked at?

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She defintly isn't injured. Because like I said tonight was the first time she did it in maybe two months. It's not a emergency. And she never does it at any other time. Not even when she has been laying on the kitchen floor for awhile. She sleeps in a ball beside my chair.  If you saw her you would understand why it isn't a emergency. My mom said she will probably get her in before April. There are specialist that do hip exrays once a month.  She was just in to the vet to have her glands expressed.

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After reading your description of what is happening with your dog it makes me wonder if you have any common sense!!! You do realize that dogs can't speak and if something seems to be out of the ordinary, it is imperative you get them checked. If you can not afford to take care of the dog, then maybe you need to rethink your decision to have one. Dogs can't wait for months before they are examined. Do you wait for months when you are ill to go to your doctor. For heavens sake, don't just turn your head the otherway and pretend it will go away. It makes me sad to think you own a pet. When I owned my dogs, if something was wrong I took them right away to the vet. I did not want them to suffer. I can't tell you how many thousands of dollars I spent on them to make sure they were well. I am an animal lover and can not stand when animals are abused. TAKE THE DOG TO THE VET!!!!