Yesterday Pepper was fine. She had four legs that all worked relatively fine (though there is still a smidge of a hint of her old limping injury – nothing I can put my finger on, but she’s not 100% sound when I look at her walking around the croft).
Last night we went out for a lovely supper with friends, leaving the dogs happily sleeping in the sitting-room as is our usual going-away routine, only to come home to find Pepper walking on three legs. Again. Same leg. Same sort of hoppity walk. She was non-weight bearing, in no pain, but not using her four legs.
So today, Pepper is on bedrest. No walks, no going outside except for the basics. I also gave her painkillers.
I made an appointment with the vet for an x-ray on Friday and we can hopefully get to the bottom of what is really going on with her paw.
It is a complete mystery.
We have no idea what this limp is from and during the day it suddenly almost miraculously vanished.
And now I can’t remember if it is Pepper’s left or right front paw and which one it was last time. She is a little conundrum wrapped in an enigma with more than a hint of wicked!
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Glory, I love that little face. The ennui on the couch, the eye sparkles as she sits, what a cutie she is. This reminds me of our labs; of course, dogs are all over checking everything out & the brighter they are, the more they explore. The vet will discern the problem in the wonderful, magical ways vets have; I adnire all who work & love animals. So at least two of our limping labs with mystery medical issues had the same diagnosis: ‘soft tissue trauma.’ As a human with a lifetime of ‘soft tissue trauma’ from general clumsiness, unlike our dogs, the diagnosis seemed reasonable to me. Thus, we spent evenings soaking paws in warm Epsom salts water. I hope that little Pepper’s trauma is something as mild & that she is up running & visiting her outside friends quickly. How we worry when our fuzzy family members are not 100%. Feel better, Pepper!
Oh dear, poor Pepper! On her side I have to say that I get problems with my walking gear and it can be either leg and any joint, not kidding. It’s the ligaments that cause problems for me and it can be painful. Another problem for me is salt. It’s possible for too much salt to cause me severe cramp, again in either leg.