![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
Rivalry
Not wishing to be out-done by the boys, Jo also has a poorly hind leg....
For the last few days, she's been hopping lame whenever she gets up from lying down. We thought it was just a fairly sudden progression of the arthritis, but I took her off to the vet this afternoon and the provisional diagnosis is that it's the knee, probably the cruciate ligament. We've got human painkillers for her, and she's had laser treatment on the knee (and, as the machine was out, on her hips). After a weekend of nothing more than bumbling around the field, she's back there on Monday for a more thorough poke around and x-rays, under anaesthetic.
The vet said that, if that is what it is, the treatment would be complete rest (crate; carry the dog outside for a wee then carry back to the crate) or / then surgery. Looking online, the non-surgical option is a non-starter for a dog of her size. Even with the surgical option, there seems to be a lot of advice saying complete rest afterwards for several weeks (although the surgery dogs are at least allowed to walk from the crate to the lawn, on a short lead, as long as they don't have to use stairs). I have no idea how the hell we could possibly manage that: either she comes with us (on a lead if necessary) as we do horsey jobs, or she gets left alone and is furiously and energetically happy to see us when we come back five minutes later.
Horse vet tomorrow, for the second opinion. Fingers crossed.
For the last few days, she's been hopping lame whenever she gets up from lying down. We thought it was just a fairly sudden progression of the arthritis, but I took her off to the vet this afternoon and the provisional diagnosis is that it's the knee, probably the cruciate ligament. We've got human painkillers for her, and she's had laser treatment on the knee (and, as the machine was out, on her hips). After a weekend of nothing more than bumbling around the field, she's back there on Monday for a more thorough poke around and x-rays, under anaesthetic.
The vet said that, if that is what it is, the treatment would be complete rest (crate; carry the dog outside for a wee then carry back to the crate) or / then surgery. Looking online, the non-surgical option is a non-starter for a dog of her size. Even with the surgical option, there seems to be a lot of advice saying complete rest afterwards for several weeks (although the surgery dogs are at least allowed to walk from the crate to the lawn, on a short lead, as long as they don't have to use stairs). I have no idea how the hell we could possibly manage that: either she comes with us (on a lead if necessary) as we do horsey jobs, or she gets left alone and is furiously and energetically happy to see us when we come back five minutes later.
Horse vet tomorrow, for the second opinion. Fingers crossed.
no subject
no subject