after reading the link connie posted, and a few other sites/threads. poor brix is gonna have to gut it out another 5 days b/f i take him to the vet.
he's a week short of 10 mo old., he's a GSD, he's heavy-boned (but he's NOT been on "large-breed puppy food" since 4 mo), and i'm evidently not enough of a hard-a$$ to elicit a "pain response" by pinching his long bones: he bites at me no matter where i pinch.... :roll:
i'll try that again tomorrow to ascertain his repsonse a bit more--it seemed to me to be more "pain" then "annoyance" in the long bone tonight: annoyance tends to be "mouthing" (ie, toenail trimming), pain more a bite. it'd be great if i had someone more experienced to restrain him so i could read his response better. 'course, a firm bite kinda tells me something, too...
to backward a bit: he showed barely noticeable signs of lameness on his right foreleg on monday past, it has increased daily (in spite of him being on cage-rest) every day, to the point of very noticeable lameness. he's putting approx. 40% weight on his foreleg. i haven't treated him w/pain relievers b/c i feel that pain is mother nature's way of saying "be easy"--let him listen to her and stay off it.
there's no obvious injury to shoulder/leg/pastern/pad, though he could've put a foot wrong and wrenched something. the problem with that theory is that it should be improving w/cage rest, and it's not.
input/ideas/suggestions??
and thanks,
ann
he's a week short of 10 mo old., he's a GSD, he's heavy-boned (but he's NOT been on "large-breed puppy food" since 4 mo), and i'm evidently not enough of a hard-a$$ to elicit a "pain response" by pinching his long bones: he bites at me no matter where i pinch.... :roll:
i'll try that again tomorrow to ascertain his repsonse a bit more--it seemed to me to be more "pain" then "annoyance" in the long bone tonight: annoyance tends to be "mouthing" (ie, toenail trimming), pain more a bite. it'd be great if i had someone more experienced to restrain him so i could read his response better. 'course, a firm bite kinda tells me something, too...
to backward a bit: he showed barely noticeable signs of lameness on his right foreleg on monday past, it has increased daily (in spite of him being on cage-rest) every day, to the point of very noticeable lameness. he's putting approx. 40% weight on his foreleg. i haven't treated him w/pain relievers b/c i feel that pain is mother nature's way of saying "be easy"--let him listen to her and stay off it.
there's no obvious injury to shoulder/leg/pastern/pad, though he could've put a foot wrong and wrenched something. the problem with that theory is that it should be improving w/cage rest, and it's not.
input/ideas/suggestions??
and thanks,
ann