David Adamson 0 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have a lurcher who is two called Perry, I was out walking with him yesterday with two pure breed whippets, and we noticed that his back right leg kicks out when he is running at speed. His gate was certainly not normal... I'm really worried about him, he is roughly 2 years old, I rescued him from a shelter, and the vet checked him over, gave him his jabs etc, but this leg thing is something I've just noticed... Any advice is very welcome before I take him to the vets... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,621 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have a lurcher who is two called Perry, I was out walking with him yesterday with two pure breed whippets, and we noticed that his back right leg kicks out when he is running at speed. His gate was certainly not normal... I'm really worried about him, he is roughly 2 years old, I rescued him from a shelter, and the vet checked him over, gave him his jabs etc, but this leg thing is something I've just noticed... Any advice is very welcome before I take him to the vets... might be an old injury ,seek proffesional advice from a vet.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 make sure you find a vet who knows his or her way around running dogs your average town vet is not going to be specialized enough and may cost you more in the long run doing tests to identify the problems that an expierenced running dog vet wouldnt need to do Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinguu 169 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 make sure you find a vet who knows his or her way around running dogs your average town vet is not going to be specialized enough and may cost you more in the long run doing tests to identify the problems that an expierenced running dog vet wouldnt need to do Agreed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oddser 79 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 its a groin injury can take up to 8 weeks keep him on lead road walk him if you lay him down look at the inside of back leg may be discolor in skin 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt3699 142 Posted January 6, 2013 Report Share Posted January 6, 2013 its a groin injury can take up to 8 weeks keep him on lead road walk him if you lay him down look at the inside of back leg may be discolor in skin lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,261 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 As Oddser suggest a gracillis injury will present as the leg kicking out. Look for bruising and compare the inner thigh muscles of the two legs, has one got a step/bulge? Link to pic notice the difference? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=gracillis+muscle+greyhounds&view=detail&id=648A7D05DDFFEA9915B025E320A0CC3D9FDCE9AE&first=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 549 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 its a groin injury can take up to 8 weeks keep him on lead road walk him if you lay him down look at the inside of back leg may be discolor in skin lol What's funny? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt3699 142 Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Well, I mean, it's a good guess. it could very well be a groin injury. I put 'lol' because I thought it was funny that this person managed to diagnose the dog without even seeing it and after a few people advised David to seek professional help from a running dog specialist. If Oddser is a vet then I take back my chuckle... But even still, it's hard to diagnose a dog without seeing it or getting further information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikeball 108 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Go see a mussel man mate at a local greyhound track only costs 10-20 quid get um checked Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 before you go to vet get a video of the dogs gait as you wont be able to demonstrate it in the surgery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 before you go to vet get a video of the dogs gait as you wont be able to demonstrate it in the surgery What's a video of his gait gonna show? He shouldn't be jumping gaits anyway if he's injured. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 before you go to vet get a video of the dogs gait as you wont be able to demonstrate it in the surgery What's a video of his gait gonna show? He shouldn't be jumping gaits anyway if he's injured. Lol GAIT means the way the dog moves not GATE which keeps animals in lol .......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 before you go to vet get a video of the dogs gait as you wont be able to demonstrate it in the surgery What's a video of his gait gonna show? He shouldn't be jumping gaits anyway if he's injured. Lol GAIT means the way the dog moves not GATE which keeps animals in lol .......... :laugh: I didnt expect a seasoned THL member like yourself to take the bait socks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt3699 142 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 :laugh: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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