Pain in leg when jumping UP. Not down. Any ideas? - Page 1

Hello.  I was training my 12 mos old yesterday.  I saw "nothing" happen but she may have tangled a leg in the leash trailing behind her.  I heard YELP, YELP, YELP and she lifted her hind leg.   She screamed again when jumping to retrieve her ball.  Needless to say, training stopped.

This happened yesterday but she still yelps when jumping up only (into car, bed, etc).  She is walking and running fine to my eye and shows no pain other than when she yelps when jumping up.

Any gurus out there with some idea?  She has had no pano, no pain, no limping or injuries before.  I have checked her paw and it is fine.  I can sorta push and pull and manipulate the leg without a problem.

Had a similar incident with one of my dogs a year ago. Turned out wasn't paw, leg or hips, was a back muscle strain. 4 weeks crate time, and she was good as new. Didn't need any meds either, just rest, no jumping of any kind, no running, walks on leash. Vet had suggested two weeks, I added the extra two as I am over protective when it comes to my SAR dog.

What about pano?

sorry, DUH, didn't read the whole post closely enough

I had a very similar thing happen to a GSD of mine around 24 months old.  She was fine running, playing, jumping down but couldn't jump up without extreme pain.  I had her to all different vets for all different tests, even did chiropractics and accupuncture.  She never recovered, I had a few different theories from vets but never a diffinitive diagnosis.  The most they could tell me was that is was deffinitely in her back/spine and that whatever it was most likely wasn't treatable.  She had to be retired at the ripe old age of 2, no more obstacles, no more protection work.  She lived the rest of her life just fine as a great pet but couldn't work ever again.  She passed away at 10.5 from cancer.  I really hope that this isn't the case for your dog and that as Deeswolf said, she will recover in time with lots of rest.  Good Luck.

Seems that the obvious thing to do first is a hip xray.

Could be Lyme Disease. Our dog also had a similar reaction like your dog, we took her to the vet and she tested Lyme positive. The vet said the leg pain is one of the few symptoms of Lyme Disease.

crate her for four weeks little activity   she has pulled her back muscle with probably a twist when she got leg tangled.....she will get over it if kept quiet dfor four  weeks.....sorry  a long time but that is what it takes......just walk her daily on leash ,calmly , let her do her business...but you have to kennel to keep her from having a mind of her own and jump on couch , bed , or play behind you back and exert those muscles...let irritating and swelling go down naturally     beef up her diet with goodies....yogurt  , esther c , etc..,

Thanks for all the ideas.  Re the hip xray...she has prelimed good if that is where you are going with that.  Really, I do think that she got tangled and am thus linking it to that.  The timing is exact (or within 5 seconds!).  I will be careful though and will watch for any other symptoms.  I will run it by my vet.  Really, muscle tears and strains (like ours) are hard to diagnose.

I am stunned at 4 weeks of bedrest.  Holy smokes.  Has anyone done that with a high drive puppy before?  I have my work cut out for me. 

Thanks so much.

One injury very common in working dogs is a strain of the iliopsoas muscle (ileeo soaz).... pain from an injury such as this can manifest in the back or the groin or the quad.. fast stops and starts are often the culprit.. this injury is not often diagnosed either......

It occurs in a lot of agility dogs and recently read a really good article on it in Clean Run magazine... we've all been passing it around.. rest is important as is conditioning, massage, etc...

Problem often seems to resolve and symptoms go away and then pop up again .......

It's a thought and might be worth finding a good sports vet.. they have awesome treatment gadgets now!!

Denise