The snow was fairly deep too and with the melting was kinda slick. These trails are pretty rocky so you weren't sure where you were walking.
Of course Teach and Gabe excited to see each other and played a game of chase and tag.
We hiked up the trail to a big field so they could run and play to their hearts content (and also took a pause for a photo shoot on the picnic table).
And of course with all the fun we had someone had to end up hurt. That would be Teach. It was this time last year, in the almost same conditions that Teach came up lame on his back left leg. I never saw him take a false step through all the playing and trotting/running ahead. He came home and crashed on the couch, woke up for dinner and was 3-legged. Poor guy!! So its crate rest and leash walks for us for a while. I'm going to give it to the weekend and see how he is before we head to the vet.
The same thing happened last year (Tails of Limping) and they never did determine what went wrong. Even x-rays didn't show anything (other than his knee caps riding too high on both hind legs). So he may have dislocated that knee cap and it popped right back into place and strained that ligament/tendon. But that strain won't show up on a x-ray.
There is a dog show I was entering him in at the end of February (same one as last year) so I hope we're sound for it. We would be going for his last leg on his Rally Excellent Title.
So that is our mischief for the weekend. Poor Teach!!
As soon as you said it was slippery under the snow, I was like, uh-oh, that's not good! Sorry to here Teach got hurt. And dogs never seem to stop when it happens. They just keep on going and let you know later. Hopefully it is nothing serious.
ReplyDeletePoor Teach! I hope it's not serious and that it all rights itself well before the weekend. It does look like they had some fun, though!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had fun. It's too bad Teach ended up getting hurt. Poor boy. :( I hope he heals up very quickly! Get lots of rest, Teach. <3
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! We are hoping to get a hike in on Wednesday.
ReplyDeletePoor Teach!! And if he's anything like my guys, keeping him quiet is challenging to say the least! Here's hoping he recovers quickly without having to see the vet.
ReplyDeleteYes it has been a challenge to keep him quiet, but so far so good and he seems to be using that leg more and not limping so much.
ReplyDeleteI hope you got out for a hike yesterday!! I'll miss going the next few weeks while Teach rests. We are actually getting ready to thaw out.
ReplyDeleteRest isn't in Teach's vocabulary, unfortunately. He's such a busy boy so this has been a challenge to say the least. If you ask him his leg is fine!!
ReplyDeleteHe seems to be doing much better with the rest we are making him get. Poor guy!! He hates resting (he's like me!).
ReplyDeleteSo far so good and he seems to be doing better with it. But he isn't off restricted duty yet, much to his dismay! According to him he isn't hurt and looks at us like we're crazy when we won't play with him and make him lay on his bed and not up on the couch.
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