Our 11 month old Blenheim cavalier hurt her right hind leg while chasing a ball. This happened about 2 months ago. The vet x'rayed the leg, found a patellar luxation but did not think that this accounted for the pronounced limp. The vet diagnosed a ligament tear and recommended rest for 2 weeks.
She seems to have fully recovered, no more limping. But today she was lying down on her right side on our carpet when she suddenly sat up and began ear splitting, long, howling yelps for about a minute. She wasn't biting at anything, just sitting there howling. Then she stopped and jumped up on the couch to be with us, which she's allowed to do. I gently manipulated her leg to see if it was sensitive, but it didn't seem to be.
We had a similar episode with her about 2 weeks ago. It makes sense that it's related to the leg, but she doesn't favor it at all, even right after these episodes.
Does anybody have any recommendations on how to handle this if it happens again? Should we take her to the vet? I don't know what they could do since this happens so seldom.
Thanks,
Svidmar
She seems to have fully recovered, no more limping. But today she was lying down on her right side on our carpet when she suddenly sat up and began ear splitting, long, howling yelps for about a minute. She wasn't biting at anything, just sitting there howling. Then she stopped and jumped up on the couch to be with us, which she's allowed to do. I gently manipulated her leg to see if it was sensitive, but it didn't seem to be.
We had a similar episode with her about 2 weeks ago. It makes sense that it's related to the leg, but she doesn't favor it at all, even right after these episodes.
Does anybody have any recommendations on how to handle this if it happens again? Should we take her to the vet? I don't know what they could do since this happens so seldom.
Thanks,
Svidmar