I took Kali into the Vet the other day. She has a spot on her front left leg that she has been licking. She started it sometime in early December and I have been correcting her for it but, obviously she gets to it when I'm not around or sleeping. It just never healed and was looking so raw. So off to the vet we went.
You can see it here.
Not too long ago I was with her at the vet for her luxating patella and she was actually licking the other front leg! He had put her on an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory and it healed up nicely. We did the same thing this time, but I more or less insisted on an X-ray. He kept telling me he didn't think he was going to see anything on the X-ray and of course we didn't. But it gave me peace of mind to know there was nothing going on inside there. And, of course, now we have a Baseline x-ray to look at if something does happen. I told him how hard she will play at tuggie. She loves it! She will bring you a toy and just dare you to take it. When you do, OMG, she is in it! Lots of noise, growling and acting like she's going to take your arm off and she never lets go! But after several minutes of that, she will quit and start to lick at her front legs. Every time she did that I wondered if she's in pain? It must be, if she is stopping and licking it. It was a concern. But after seeing no arthritis on the x-rays, my vet feels it is either some type of tendinitis or just simply not used to it and she strains the ligaments or tendons. I mean, we don't play tug all the time. And then of course, when she starts licking, it starts to get into that vicious cycle of a hotspot. So now we'll see how quickly this heals up and if I can keep her from doing it again. I thought of wrapping it but figured she'd get that off in a heartbeat.
Thoughts???
You can see it here.
Not too long ago I was with her at the vet for her luxating patella and she was actually licking the other front leg! He had put her on an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory and it healed up nicely. We did the same thing this time, but I more or less insisted on an X-ray. He kept telling me he didn't think he was going to see anything on the X-ray and of course we didn't. But it gave me peace of mind to know there was nothing going on inside there. And, of course, now we have a Baseline x-ray to look at if something does happen. I told him how hard she will play at tuggie. She loves it! She will bring you a toy and just dare you to take it. When you do, OMG, she is in it! Lots of noise, growling and acting like she's going to take your arm off and she never lets go! But after several minutes of that, she will quit and start to lick at her front legs. Every time she did that I wondered if she's in pain? It must be, if she is stopping and licking it. It was a concern. But after seeing no arthritis on the x-rays, my vet feels it is either some type of tendinitis or just simply not used to it and she strains the ligaments or tendons. I mean, we don't play tug all the time. And then of course, when she starts licking, it starts to get into that vicious cycle of a hotspot. So now we'll see how quickly this heals up and if I can keep her from doing it again. I thought of wrapping it but figured she'd get that off in a heartbeat.
Thoughts???