My dog has hurt his leg. What should I do?

Rest him and see how h is in a couple of hours .

H could of strained it but if my dog injures his leg i do let him rest as long as he is not in pain and then look at him after an hour or so .

This could be just a minor strain, in which case letting him rest for a few hours may be all he needs or it could be just a coincidence that he started limping while playing.

This actually happened to one of our dogs last week. She was playing and suddenly started to favor her left back leg, I was speaking to the vet about another dog and mentioned it and he said that as long as there was no deformity in the leg (no obvious bone break or swelling) to let her rest and call if she was still limping in 24 hours. The next morning she was perfectly fine. However, later that day,her front leg seemed to cause her to limp, and this time, we knew she had not been running or doing anything strenuous. I called again and mentioned it and he had us come in. Even though she had been vaccinated and treated against ticks, she has Lyme disease, and the limping was totally unrelated to her "playing".

Also, check his paw - the underside - because he might have a small sharp stone or piece of a stick or some other little sharp thing in there that has gotten wedged between his paw pads and is making it painful for him to step on that paw. One of our dogs was limping for no reason we could determine until we looked at his paw and we found that he had stepped on a large thorn from a rose bush and it was wedged between his paw pads. As soon as it was removed - we took it out with some tweezers - he was fine.

If there is nothing in his paw that you can see, and if he is still limping in several hours (and especially if his limping gets any worse or his ankle swells), or if another joint seems to bother him, then I would definitely give the vet a call.

I wouldn't because he probably just sprained it and it should heal in a few days to maybe even the same day, depending on the sprain. I don't think its that major (from what you said) that he would need to see a vet, but in a few days if he's still limping then I would take him. Some time dogs will even fake it longer because their owners will give them more attention, so watch out for this. Watch him play without him noing your their to see if he's just limping when your around or not and then go from their with a vet or not. For the pain kill I wouldn't because you could over dose your dog. Good luck! :)

Totally with MamaBas on this.

I always wait with a front leg limp as there is very little that it can be that needs either an operation or needs emergency treatment (unlike the back legs).

It is often a ligement sprain around the pastern (wrist).. Or muscles / ligaments around the shoulder / elbow.

There is always an elbow dysplasia that can be there for years and only show when the arthritis flare's up.

Whatever you do rest him totally and only walk him on lead to the garden. The problem with the holidays coming up it is possible you will need to see a vet before that.

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My dog has hurt his leg. What should I do?

I took my Labrador out to the park earlier today and my brother was throwing the ball for him. I didn't see what happened but when I looked back I couldn't see that monty (dog) had hurt his front left leg. I knew I had to take him home straight away, he was limping and I stopped...

It might depend on what time it is for you, today. It is Friday, here and it is in the morning. Watch the dog for awhile and if you don't seem improvement or it gets worse, then call the vet. He may show improvement, soon.

You could get away with strict rest, assuming this is just a soft tissue injury, but just know, if this is a serious injury, the longer you leave it the more it's likely to cost to put right when you do see your vet. Unless you know what you are doing, and with the holidays approaching (regular vets closed), I'd get him looked at later on today.

well first thing you have to do is wrap it in bandages making sure that the dog doesnt lick or knaw at it. then youll need to put the knife up to the hip joint and severe the joint from the leg to the rest of the body amputating and then sewing the excess skin and wrap it in gause and put ice on it.

if they are on the bed don't let them jump off and hurt therself

ofcourse you have to take it to the vets ...first splint the hurt leg using a smalll scale and some ribbon cloth... do some hot water tampering over thge injured part and also spray analgesic spray if theres no open wound... give it rest