I went hunting yesterday with my pup and we did very well, her especially. When we got back, my brother in law and I limped out of the truck after 3 hrs of driving as usual. But I immediately noted that Jas was limping badly, favoring the right front.
About a week and a few days ago, Jas jumped off my terraced garden down onto the cement patio, a distance of about 4 1/2 ft. I noted later that day she was limping a little and it continued for another day or so. So, I layed off any training until Christmas day, whereupon she didn't show any signs of a problem. I figured all was well and it might have been just sore from jambing it on that landing.
Well, I was thinking lastnite that I should take her to the vet and this morning she was just as bad. As I thought about it some more, I thought 'jeeze, you're gonna take her to the vet for every little thing, "real" dog owners (I'm a newbie) would laugh. I thought about seeking some advice here this morning, but didn't get around to it.
I took her in and guess what? The vet check her foot and lower leg and lower leg joint. No problems. Then she felt around the shoulder (my guess was shoulder too) and then pulled on her leg straight forward while Jas sat. The leg popped and that was that. Jas had a dislocated shoulder for all this time and hunted like a champ on it. Boy am I glad I went to the vet.
