Ahi is limping. :c(
Seems to be her right knee, I looked at her foot and it is fine. She has done this off and on in her life but the past few days it has been constant. What do you guys think:
We are gonna make a vet appointment for later this week.
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Does she have a temp? It doesn't seem too bad. Mika had a problem recently, she couldn't even jump up on the bed and she wasn't putting much weight on her foot. Even when she was standing, she wouldn't put it down. Doc didn't even x-ray because when he worked her leg and foot, he didn't feel anything unusual. She had full range of motion, she wasn't complaining when we touched or worked the leg. We all attributed it to rough play.
But, it wasn't a constant thing for her. I could feel she had a temp in her face. I confirmed with an ear thermometer *which she HATES) and the doctor triple confirmed it. The temp was the only reason the vet gave her antibiotics.
I would take her to the vet, just to be sure.
Can Shikokku's get LP?
Ahi is a year and a half, I am concerned it is LP (luxating patella), I can move her knee with my hand from side to side, but not very far... so I dunno that it is fully "luxating". If I straiten her leg out it must hurt her because she get really mad at me when I do that.
What is Pano?
She has no fever, Jen is calling today for a vet appointment. I agree that we should xray her foot and leg, but she has had these xrays before and showed no signs of LP... so I dunno what it could be. She seem to be pretty uncomfortable tho.
Yeah, it occurred to me after I submitted my post what LP is.
Pano is short for Panosteitis which is a fancy term for growing pains. http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1561&articleid=466
I have a good friend with a GSD that has pano (as does all of his litter mates). According to his dad, "he's just pathetic" but he'll grow out of it.
I think she is done growing, I think she has been done for 6 months or so.
LP is where the knee cap moves completely to the side of the knee - right?
ok... well... I will let you guys know what the vet says.
Brad, Ahi's brother Aibo had (has?) pano. Check in with me on my e-mail and I will give you Mark's e-mail address and you guys can talk...ddowdemers@sbcglobal.net
One of the draw backs to living in a small town is that there are limited resources... So the earliest we could get a vet appointment is Tuesday of next week!
If I see it getting real bad we will drive her to Santa Fe to see an emergency vet.
Meantime I will be emailing our vet in ATL w/ all the videos and info to get her advice/opinion... she knows our dogs well.
Yea, the vet(s) here seemed to be unwilling to diagnose anything. I mean, I guess that is a good thing since they don't specialize in orthopedics, but it is a bit frustrating.
Our vet in ATL has not responded to me yet, she may be on vacation or something.
I did speak to the owner of Ahi's brother (Mark) and he confirmed that Aibo (Ahi's brother) was diagnosed with Pano, but he has had a lot of mixed diagnosis from various vets.
That's about all I know at this point. I have requested to have all Ahi's xrays transferred to me so we can take them to the specialist.