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lucybelle · 04-02-2005, 08:19 PM

I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with their puppy having leg cramps or leg dislocations? My puppy sometimes (twice) has been playing and out of the blue she starts whining and lifts her front left leg up, but after about 5-10 seconds she is back playing like nothing was wrong. Has anyone else had these kind of experiences.

feminvstr · 04-02-2005, 08:31 PM

If the leg cramps continue...

read up on LUXATED PATELLAE (SLIPPING PATELLA'S)
The dog can be seen running and suddenly yelping in pain,
walking on three legs, unable to flex the stifle. Sometimes, he
will make a kind of hop and thus be able to replace the patella
himself. In other cases, he will show much pain and will hold the leg up
for several days. In very severe cases, the animal cannot put weight at all on its hind legs at all and drags himself. Even if it is very often bilateral,
the patellar luxation can occur in one knee or be worse on one side.

or LEGG-PERTHES (LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE)
Most of the time the clinical signs of this disease occur in 4 to
11 month old dogs and usually consist of lameness of one leg
only. Pain may be mild to very severe. Some dogs have mild
forms of this condition and do not require medical care. In other
dogs, the condition cause sufficient pain and deformity of the hip
joint to require surgical intervention.

04-02-2005, 08:19 PM	#1
lucybelle YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	leg cramps? I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with their puppy having leg cramps or leg dislocations? My puppy sometimes (twice) has been playing and out of the blue she starts whining and lifts her front left leg up, but after about 5-10 seconds she is back playing like nothing was wrong. Has anyone else had these kind of experiences.

04-02-2005, 08:31 PM	#2
feminvstr Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 4,405	If the leg cramps continue... read up on LUXATED PATELLAE (SLIPPING PATELLA'S) The dog can be seen running and suddenly yelping in pain, walking on three legs, unable to flex the stifle. Sometimes, he will make a kind of hop and thus be able to replace the patella himself. In other cases, he will show much pain and will hold the leg up for several days. In very severe cases, the animal cannot put weight at all on its hind legs at all and drags himself. Even if it is very often bilateral, the patellar luxation can occur in one knee or be worse on one side. or LEGG-PERTHES (LEGG-CALVE-PERTHES DISEASE) Most of the time the clinical signs of this disease occur in 4 to 11 month old dogs and usually consist of lameness of one leg only. Pain may be mild to very severe. Some dogs have mild forms of this condition and do not require medical care. In other dogs, the condition cause sufficient pain and deformity of the hip joint to require surgical intervention. __________________ Kimberly