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King Arthur
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newpommom
Posted: 11:43:38 PM 8/27/2007
About a week ago Arthur got into my bedroom and jumped onto my bed. Now he has never done this before and you have to understand my bed is 3 foot off the floor. Well before I could grab him he jumped back off. He didn't cry just pulled up his leg for a minute and was off chasing the other dogs again. I didn't think anything of it then he started to pick fights with Lancelot for what appeared to be no reason. Then Thursday he was playing with the cat and suddenly yipped and started to limp, I thought maybe he had caught his nail on the floor. Friday night he was standing on his hind legs waving to my daughter and yipped again this went on all weekend I kept hoping it was just a pulled nail. We kept him kenneled and quiet as much as possible. I would feel his leg and he didn't show any sign of pain but if I touched his paw he would pull away. We took him into his vet this morning and she confirmed my worst thoughts, it is his patella on his left leg. So far she doesn't think its too bad, 10 days of rest, antiinflammatory and pain meds. If it is still happening after the 10 days then surgery. I am not putting any hope to it getting better, I'm a realist. I have his penned in the office to keep him away from Guinevere and Lancelot and carry outside to potty, but it is breaking my heart.
Pomeranians are like potatoe chips you cant have just one.
TNgal22
Posted: 11:45:50 PM 8/27/2007
Poor Arthur! I hope he gets to feel better soon! Keep us posted!

BTW, I love your names!
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NoDogYet
Posted: 11:56:26 PM 8/27/2007
Not to be dismissive of your problems, but.... I wish I could have a doggie health crisis like yours! Doctors know how to fix orthapodic stuff like this. worst case is surgery. It's scary, but you'll get through it! Good luck!
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Pen2
Posted: 12:16:03 AM 8/28/2007
Did the vet say what grade of luxation your dog has? If it's not severe, grade 1, it may be fine. I have a 4 year old with a luxating patella, and she's fine, and has not had to have surgery, touch wood. Try really hard not to let her jump off things, I know it's hard to do, but little dogs can injure their legs so easily.
Good luck with her.
sereneshihtzu
Posted: 12:29:39 AM 8/28/2007
"touch wood."

Dang it I been doing it wrong. I thought it was "knock on wood". No wonder it doesn't work for me. LOL
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
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dusty082155
Posted: 12:32:28 AM 8/28/2007
And sometime, you have to hit yourself over the head with a piece of wood for it to do the trick ! lol
If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
Pen2
Posted: 12:33:18 AM 8/28/2007
Serene, you gotta blame it on my roots, English !
sereneshihtzu
Posted: 12:36:56 AM 8/28/2007
LOL!!! :)

Sorry newpommom...didn't mean to hi-jack. I hope you little one is feeling better soon. I am always trying to keep my Poms from jumping. It isn't easy.
Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos.
What you do today, might burn your rump tomorrow
lovemygirls
Posted: 1:25:51 AM 8/28/2007
So sorry Arthur is hurt. Hoping his 10 day rest and meds will do the trick for him. Hang in there, mom.

I also love your names.
normap
Posted: 7:41:24 AM 8/28/2007
Here's hoping Arthur recovers completely!
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pwcorgilover
Posted: 8:52:57 AM 8/28/2007
Poor little Arthur. I hope he's feeling good soon!

I don't know much about luxating patellas but Ripley had cruciate ligament surgery. I let my regular vet do it because of her "issues" at the vet's office (didn't want to break in a new office). I wish I would have taken her to a specialist. She still has a lot of pain and is on every day medication. Seek an orthopedics opinion before surgery.
Posted: 11:10:31 AM 8/28/2007
Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear about your poor Pom. My dog is slated for surgery tomorrow- it was supposed to be Friday but it had to be changed. He is also having trouble with his left patella. I do hope it goes well, and that he recovers and no longer has so much trouble. His popped out no less than five times Sunday, so it is pretty clear that he HAS to have the surgery.

I had a Pom once upon a time and she also had a patella that would go from time to time, but it never bothered her very much and she did not have to have surgery. She was a tough little stinker! There is hope that you won't HAVE to do the surgery, but it is best to go ahead and DO IT than wait for the knee to get really bad because they can injure the knee in other ways. My dog has partially ruptured his ACL in addition. So he needs MORE than just the patellar stabilization. Keep that in mind. Good luck with Arthur. I will keep him in my dog-prayers.
newpommom
Posted: 1:38:02 PM 8/28/2007
Thank you to everyone. I was upset when the vet was examining him so I forgot to ask about the grade of it when I asked the tech she didnt seem to know what I was talking about. However, it has not done any ligament damage yet. She could not manually get it to slip out, it wasn't untill Arthur moved his leg himself that it popped out. So far today he hasn't had any problem, other than the fact he is upset to be segragated from the rest of the crew.LOL Arthur is very hyper and loves to play tug-a-war, he looks pathetic with his toys in his mouth when we tell him no. If you can imagine a pom with his tail between his legs walking away looking back with a dejected look as he crawls into his kennel. (sob).
Pomeranians are like potatoe chips you cant have just one.
Posted: 6:26:37 PM 8/28/2007
I'm sorry to hear about your baby. I just wanted to ask how do u tell if a Pom is imbred. We got a pom from a neighbor cause he was just gonna let it roam the busy streets (and we can't have that!!) So we rescued it, now I've noticed that he has an extra set of incisors one extra on top left, and one extra on top right. He's my husbands dog and he's a crackpot. So I was wondering how to tell if he's imbred and what risks would i be looking at to keep him around?
newpommom
Posted: 7:21:38 PM 8/28/2007
Small dogs are pron to teeth problems. My little female had the same problem, her baby teeth didn't come out. What makes you think the pup is inbreed? Does the neighbor have both parents? If this person was willing to let it go out on the street then I would think that they would not hesitate to tell you if this was an inbreeding. I would take it to a vet and have it checked, some problems don't show up right away. It's a practice of some unscrupulous breeders to inbreed to get very small pups, they call them tea cups. There is no such thing in the pomeranian breed.
Pomeranians are like potatoe chips you cant have just one.
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