A Hitch in his step...

Boone has always had a hitch in his back leg. Not always noticeable and he doesn't do it all the time but it happened often enough when I got him to talk to the vet about it. He had looste patellas, but nothing major.

A few months ago (Feb) he started refusing the aframe and acting weird at agility. And then Sarah noticed on a rally video that he seemed to be hitching more, and then I started noticing more hitching too.

I am not sure what happened or if the pronounced hitching was a gradual change. Regardless I've been giving him lots of crate rest and restricted exercise for about three weeks now.

This past week I have seen very little hitching and he is able to do the alternate leg lift without falling over. :)

I am going to start rebuilding muscles and increase his exercise gradually and see if the hitching comes back.

There are lots of rear end exercises I can do with him, combined with supplements I think he will be back on track in no time.

He is currently on Arnica twice a day and a higher dose of Recovery. Also he gets Salmon Oil once a day.

I am going to make an apt with the vet just for a check up. If the hitching comes back with increased exercise I will ask for a refferral to western vet (where I take wicca)

But I am hopeful that the rest has allowed whatever it was to heal. I do know that if it is a patella issue that it is unlikely that plain rest will fix it, but I am hoping that it was a strain or pulled muscle. We will see!