mickeymaya
Oct 8, 2008, 03:51 PM
Last Thurs my 1.5 yr old Great Pyrenese started yelping while I was in another room. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong- had just given her a pill followed by a treat so at first wondered if she was choking. She walked around with me and yelped then settled down after about 20-30 seconds.
The next day when I came in, she ran up to me weirdly excited like she usually does then went past me like she was running out the door- not trying to jump or hugging as usual. I reached around her kind of hugging from the top and when rubbing her belly she did the yelping again but just for a few seconds. Again no clue what was wrong and when rubbing her top to bottom she didn’t react. Shortly after, she ran around with two labs for a couple of hours and didn’t seem to have anything wrong.
Saturday I noticed she was favoring one rear leg a little- kind of limping and holding the right one off the ground sometimes. Sunday she seemed fine while out with her most of the day. Monday she did the leg favoring thing again but fine/no limp when walking. When we went up the stairs at the dog park, she did a light yelp/whimper at the top. No reaction when rubbing/pressing everywhere. Yesterday she was acting timid about going for a walk- finally got out and walked fine. Rubbed her down and found the area that seems to hurt. It’s kind of the groin area a little down the leg. There is a small bump and a small dark mark/sore about an inch away. The sore doesn’t look like it’s into broken skin though- like a spider bite which would worry me more. We walked around the neighborhood and the only time she was uncomfortable was the stairs again. She doesn’t react every time I touch it but it definitely bothers her. Today it seems more sensitive towards the back of her leg instead.
Sorry for the long post but trying to be detailed in case someone has had a similar experience and it’s just a pulled muscle…or I should take her to the vet asap…
The next day when I came in, she ran up to me weirdly excited like she usually does then went past me like she was running out the door- not trying to jump or hugging as usual. I reached around her kind of hugging from the top and when rubbing her belly she did the yelping again but just for a few seconds. Again no clue what was wrong and when rubbing her top to bottom she didn’t react. Shortly after, she ran around with two labs for a couple of hours and didn’t seem to have anything wrong.
Saturday I noticed she was favoring one rear leg a little- kind of limping and holding the right one off the ground sometimes. Sunday she seemed fine while out with her most of the day. Monday she did the leg favoring thing again but fine/no limp when walking. When we went up the stairs at the dog park, she did a light yelp/whimper at the top. No reaction when rubbing/pressing everywhere. Yesterday she was acting timid about going for a walk- finally got out and walked fine. Rubbed her down and found the area that seems to hurt. It’s kind of the groin area a little down the leg. There is a small bump and a small dark mark/sore about an inch away. The sore doesn’t look like it’s into broken skin though- like a spider bite which would worry me more. We walked around the neighborhood and the only time she was uncomfortable was the stairs again. She doesn’t react every time I touch it but it definitely bothers her. Today it seems more sensitive towards the back of her leg instead.
Sorry for the long post but trying to be detailed in case someone has had a similar experience and it’s just a pulled muscle…or I should take her to the vet asap…