Year: 2011

Dog limping, others call it as hobbling is a common problem new dog owners encounter. Having known their pets for few months yet, suddenly they got surprised to find their dog being reluctant to move, play, jump and sometimes even walk.

Unfortunately this is usually encountered with dogs bought from unknown sources with no proper examination of history of feeding and genetics from the owners. Nevertheless all dogs no matter what the breed, sex and age is can be affected by one or several forms of joints illness. The question is what to do next?

Depending upon the severity of the ailment your dog is suffering, you have the discretion to either examine it first by yourself or directly bring him in to your vet. In either case, it is very important to know which leg or joint is involved first. In fact, by just visual observation, you can easily spot if your dog is suffering one. Your dog would usually raise or put less weight to the leg that is affected. When you walk him or her, you would observe that he/she is only taking short steps on a weak or failing leg.

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