Help please. The dog I'm pet sitting is limping.

Vanessa

Well, I'm pet sitting for my friends dog and it is a pug (18 lbs). My other friends dog is also here and he is a 25 pound eskimo/lab/? mix puppy. They get along fine but sometimes they play too rough. I went out to dinner with my friends and my mom promised to put them in their crates if she went anywhere. Well, they were all sleeping apparently and she thought she could just leave them out.. UGH I should have stayed home, she isn't the smartest when it comes to dogs.. actually most things.

Well I got home and the pug is limping. I felt both his back legs and feet and hips and everywhere and it all feels the same on both legs. He doesn't yelp I touched his leg for about 20-25 minutes straight. The other dog is a puppy but he does this weird thing where he is actually bearing his teeth so it looks like he is attacking the other dog but he is rolling around and being like a puppy (and doing the cat pose with the butt up). The puppy is leaving tonight so it is fine.

He does put a little weight on the leg when he stands and goes up the stairs. He can still jump on my bed and run.. I feel so bad I should have never trusted my mom with my babies. I need help. Is this serious enough that I have to take him to the emergency vet? I don't know if I should wait a night and see if it is better tomorrow.. I just don't want something to be broken and then he be injured forever because of me. Please help .

Vanessa

RonE

There is absolutely no way to say without even seeing the dog.

It is unlikely to be broken but there are far more serious injuries that can occur to a dog's leg than a break.

I hope, by now, you've been to the vet.

And don't blame your mom. It sounds like you, not she, took on the responsibility for the dogs.

Ella'sMom

Go see a vet....don't wait. You will feel better knowing if there is anything wrong or not. Hopefully not.

Vanessa

I'm happy to report that this morning he is all better. I think that Koda (the puppy) just bit him and it hurt his muscle. I gave him a massage last night so maybe that helped . He isn't limping at ALL this morning, just a happy little snorting pug. I'm going to call my friend to see if she wants me to take him to the vet still.

If it was serious enough that he wouldn't let me touch his leg, I would have taken him to the vet. He used his leg to jump on the bed and go up the stairs so it couldn't have hurt that bad. I pressed on his entire leg and he just sat there and didn't move or make a sound.. so nothing was hurting him.

Vanessa

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