Well, she's not really a puppy anymore, which is likely part of the problem.
My sweet, rambunctious beagle, Ziggy, tore one of her ACLs a few weeks ago. The vet recommended crate rest (though not super strict crate rest, just calm and quiet) for a few weeks to see how well it would heal on its own before we discuss surgery. Zig has never been one to be calm or quiet and even at 9 years old, still acts like a puppy more often than not. She loves being outside, chasing things, wrestling, digging, and all those other doggie pleasures. Which is probably how she tore her ACL in the first place. So she has not been real happy with being confined.
Over the last week or so, I'd been relaxing her restrictions a bit since the leg was looking better. But today I noticed her walking flat footed on her good leg. Which according to some brief Google research might mean something wrong with the tendons in that foot. I'm really,really hoping they're just strained and that a few days' of strict(er) rest will help as we can't afford the ACL surgery let alone a surgery to repair tendons in the other foot too. Even with surgery, that leg will probably never get back to 100% and it just breaks my heart to see her like this.
In any case, I'll be calling the vet on Monday. She's probably due for a checkup on the ACL anyway and we'll see what's going on with her other foot too.
My sweet, rambunctious beagle, Ziggy, tore one of her ACLs a few weeks ago. The vet recommended crate rest (though not super strict crate rest, just calm and quiet) for a few weeks to see how well it would heal on its own before we discuss surgery. Zig has never been one to be calm or quiet and even at 9 years old, still acts like a puppy more often than not. She loves being outside, chasing things, wrestling, digging, and all those other doggie pleasures. Which is probably how she tore her ACL in the first place. So she has not been real happy with being confined.
Over the last week or so, I'd been relaxing her restrictions a bit since the leg was looking better. But today I noticed her walking flat footed on her good leg. Which according to some brief Google research might mean something wrong with the tendons in that foot. I'm really,really hoping they're just strained and that a few days' of strict(er) rest will help as we can't afford the ACL surgery let alone a surgery to repair tendons in the other foot too. Even with surgery, that leg will probably never get back to 100% and it just breaks my heart to see her like this.
In any case, I'll be calling the vet on Monday. She's probably due for a checkup on the ACL anyway and we'll see what's going on with her other foot too.
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