bagel hurt his right paw/leg walking last week. everything was good then boom, out of nowhere he jumped up and began limping on his right leg. it was horrible. luckily, we were close to home so we returned. throughout the week he was limping, i had never seen him like this. we haven’t walked in 6 days which is the longest hiatus we’ve taken from walking since we’ve been together. as the days progressed, his limping had subsided. my mind always goes to the worst when things happen, so after his initial limping i thought maybe he tore an acl or even worse bone cancer. i had checked his paws for cuts and scrapes. there were none. then i felt his leg for inflammation and to see if anything was swollen, but that was negative. i’m going to take him to the vet this week so they can figure out what it was that happened, which will give me some leads as to how to prevent it from happening again or how to manage it. i’m hoping it was a minor sprain or something of that nature.
it’s hard to assess how painful it is to bagel as he’s stoic, but we will figure this out.
-ratha, 3:42pm, 4.19.20