Sounds exactly like my boy! He slipped and pulled his knee cap out! Its calle d luxating patella! Many chis have it. My boy's healed and he is now doing well! A vet can take one look at the way he stands and tell if that is it! Good luck,
Elizabeth --- On Fri, 1/16/09, arleneweaver2004 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: arleneweaver2004 <[email protected]> > Subject: [Chihuahuas] jimmys hurt > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 9:50 PM > we were getting ready for bed. the dogs were around us. i > was on the > computer. last minute email. when we heard jimmy yip we > looked at him > and he was holding his hind leg out straight... he limped a > few steps > to his bed and laid down . Jimmy is very dramatic when he > is hurt and > you have to be careful not to work him up and not to get > bit. So i > finally told my husband who was petting him and trying to > check out > his leg to leave him alone for a minute. we did and hi > finally bent > it and then got up and put weight on it. he is not > putting a lot of > wight on it. my husband touched all over and did not get a > respond. > My question is what do you think he did. were waiting to > go to bed > to see if he is ok. he sleeps in bed with us. this has > been a very > bad day the neighbors house was on fire. the drug store > messed up my > prescription. my daughter lost her brakes. im a little > emotional > right now. ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
