I think Frankie is in Pain
This morning I woke him up, he's usually the first one up in the morning. Jumped up into bed with Troy, but got stuck over the top of him, and couldn't get his back legs over Troys stomach. (no he's not that fat  )I took him to daycare today told them I thought his hips were bothering him so they only let him play a little and said he started limping mid day with his back legs. He had a half an hour training class, and the trainer could only get 15 minutes out of him and he seemed very sore. Tonight he ate dinner ran around alittle and his breathing so heavily. Should I give him some pain meds? I have a message into his pt to see if she has any thoughts. I really don't want to take him to the vet. To xray his hips they would have to knock him out, and I just don't want to do that if I don't have too. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Lisa and Frankie |
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| Biscuit just had a brush with death last Friday - he ran alongside Todd in his pickup in the yard - and ended up getting under the truck and wheels. It ended up OK - he was mostly OK, he injured his elbow joint - where the shoulder and humerus come together. Anyway.....the point is, he was limping on his front right leg and seemed to be breathing very heavily. I was concerned about him having chest injuries, as we really couldn't tell what part got hurt. After an exam, then sedation with xrays and a more thorough exam, all that was wrong was the shoulder and a couple sprained toes. So, the heavy breathing was pain. Thanks goodness. Biscuit is incredibly stoic and easy going. If we wouldn't have done the xrays, we never would have guessed his joint was so damaged. He even jumped over the 4 foot dog yard fence 2 days later  when let out to go potty.....and this was on anti inflammatories, no add'l pain meds.....egads.  I would try the pain meds/anti inflammatory meds for Frankie. Biscuit is on Deramaxx, as is our senior basset foster (who has severe arthritis and a frozen elbow joint - he's 12 and otherwise super active) and both are doing really well. Biscuit is on it just for a short course, Harley is long term. |
| I know Frankie's had some health problems. The heavy breathing would concern me. If he's not in pain, it may mean something else is wrong. If the heavy breathing continues, a visit to the vet is definately in order. As far as x rays of the hip and knocking him out...My dog went through that at about a year old. They do knock them out but its with a heavy sedative and after they took the x rays and I picked her up, she seemed as if nothing ever happened. Didn't Frankie just undergo some surgery? I wouldn't give pain killers without checking with the Vet. If his breathing is from something other than pain, pain killers can slow the breathing down further. Same thing with people. Keep an eye on him and see a Vet if the breathing continues to seem difficult. Maybe the heat? High temps can cause problems too to dogs if out too long and if there are breathing problems already, five minutes can be too long with high temps. Hope all gets better. |
| Wow Dawn how scarey. I hope Biscuit is ok. We went to physcial therapy tonight, and he was walking pretty slow, and seemed not really himself on the treadmill. He walked the whole half an hour on the tread mill though. Afterwards Frankie got his massage, and the pt felt a very tight ham string muscle in Frankies left rear leg. She rubbed it out, and he was a completely different dog afterwards. She suggested I bump up his herbal pain relievers and give him half of a rimadyl at night, to see how he does. So I am going to try that and hopefully it was just his hamstring muscle. Lisa and Frankie |
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