My 1 year old sheltie wiped out a couple of months ago whe we were
playing ball. She favors her hind leg now and when she runs she
sometimes lifts it and runs on 3 legs. It's hard to keep her quiet.
I had it checked today by my vet and she said it is a cranial crutiate
injury. I had just started agility classes yesterday so that is over
for the season. Sometimes she seems better but I guess it will take a
long time to heal. Has anybody had experience with this?

Lori

Kayla said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

My 1 year old sheltie wiped out a couple of months ago whe
we were playing ball. She favors her hind leg now and
when she runs she sometimes lifts it and runs on 3 legs.
It's hard to keep her quiet. I had it checked today by my
vet and she said it is a cranial crutiate injury. I had
just started agility classes yesterday so that is over for
the season. Sometimes she seems better but I guess it will
take a long time to heal. Has anybody had experience with
this?

My sympathies. A friend's Border Collie had the same injury and
required a few months of very low activity with lots of crate
time so he wouldn't further injure himself.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Even with a sore leg it's hard to keep her quiet so I may have to
resort to the kennel since I have put the crate away. The kennel
is 6 X 8 feet with a roof to keep the sun off her. It's better than
having her in the house crying to go out because she is wired at
times. ;-)

Lori



My sympathies. A friend's Border Collie had the same injury and
required a few months of very low activity with lots of crate
time so he wouldn't further injure himself.

Kayla said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Even with a sore leg it's hard to keep her quiet so I may
have to resort to the kennel since I have put the crate
away. The kennel is 6 X 8 feet with a roof to keep the sun
off her. It's better than having her in the house crying
to go out because she is wired at times.

It really depends on the dog and the extent of the injury, but
I'm sure that your vet has advised you well. Your Sheltie may
not get a lot of down time in a 6 x 8 run, so it's good that her
previously mentioned cranial crutiate injury has been re-
evaluated as a sore leg.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

previously mentioned cranial crutiate injury
^
c

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Rocky said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

previously mentioned cranial crutiate injury ^ c

Why does Xnews do this? It totally cut my whitespace which
pointed out my mispelling of cruciate.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Kayla" wrote in message
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My 1 year old sheltie wiped out a couple of months ago whe we were
playing ball. She favors her hind leg now and when she runs she
sometimes lifts it and runs on 3 legs. It's hard to keep her quiet.
I had it checked today by my vet and she said it is a cranial crutiate
injury. I had just started agility classes yesterday so that is over
for the season. Sometimes she seems better but I guess it will take a
long time to heal. Has anybody had experience with this?

I have not experienced this myself, but have read up on it. Did the doctor
say whether it was a full or partial tear, or just a strain, and what did he
recommend for treatment? If torn, it is very very unlikely to heal on its
own, and will likely require surgery. If strained, it may heal with crate
rest, but that means complete crate rest, leashed potty time, and not
allowing her to run free at all, until it is fully healed. Since she is so
young, it is definitely in her best interest to get this healed now, either
surgically or otherwise, so that she has less risk of developing more
debilitating problems later in life.

Christy

Christy,

Even is this hasn't torn completely as of yet I would have her evaluated by
an orthopedic vet. Surgery to tighten up the tissue and prevent it from
becoming a full tear may be an option. My Barney had luxating patellas and
I wish I had his operated on long before they became loose enough to result
in a full ACL tear. If I had known they could have been done sooner he
would have not spent the last 5 years of his life on pain medications for
arthritis.

Good luck with her
Celeste


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"Kayla" wrote in message
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My 1 year old sheltie wiped out a couple of months ago whe we were
playing ball. She favors her hind leg now and when she runs she
sometimes lifts it and runs on 3 legs. It's hard to keep her quiet.
I had it checked today by my vet and she said it is a cranial crutiate
injury. I had just started agility classes yesterday so that is over
for the season. Sometimes she seems better but I guess it will take a
long time to heal. Has anybody had experience with this?

I have not experienced this myself, but have read up on it. Did the doctor
say whether it was a full or partial tear, or just a strain, and what did
he
recommend for treatment? If torn, it is very very unlikely to heal on its
own, and will likely require surgery. If strained, it may heal with crate
rest, but that means complete crate rest, leashed potty time, and not
allowing her to run free at all, until it is fully healed. Since she is so
young, it is definitely in her best interest to get this healed now,
either
surgically or otherwise, so that she has less risk of developing more
debilitating problems later in life.

Christy

Thanks everybody for the responses to my post. I'm a lot more
informed now and in hindsight I would have done things a lot
different. I would have taken her to the vet a lot sooner but I
thought she sprained her leg and it would get better. I'm hoping for
a complete recovery but time will tell.

She did talk about the different options and stressed no physical
exercise. I couldn't take it all in at the time so I must have
another talk with her this week.

Chelsea will walk without a limp on a normal walk but when she runs
she will lift her hind leg and getting up from laying she will limp at
times. Of course there is no more running now but it's hard to stop
her from doing the odd jumping up when she gets excited.

Lori