Hi All
I need some advice, my black lab Molly is 1year and 7months, on Saturday she was running after her ball as usual, when I heard her squeal in pain. When we got her to the vets, her back right leg was just hanging at her side, the vet x-ray her hips and said that she has hardly a ball socket on the right side and not a very good left side hip although it's slightly better. She is currently on anti-inflammatories, but still has no movement/feeling in her leg (the vet suspects that she has damaged her sciatic nerve). We are really worried that a) she might have to get her leg removed if the feeling does not come back, and b) that maybe her other hip is not strong enough to support her on one leg.
She is such an active, lively dog that we would not want to do anything that would affect her quality of life. Does anyone out there have any advice - we are really upset about it?
I need some advice, my black lab Molly is 1year and 7months, on Saturday she was running after her ball as usual, when I heard her squeal in pain. When we got her to the vets, her back right leg was just hanging at her side, the vet x-ray her hips and said that she has hardly a ball socket on the right side and not a very good left side hip although it's slightly better. She is currently on anti-inflammatories, but still has no movement/feeling in her leg (the vet suspects that she has damaged her sciatic nerve). We are really worried that a) she might have to get her leg removed if the feeling does not come back, and b) that maybe her other hip is not strong enough to support her on one leg.
She is such an active, lively dog that we would not want to do anything that would affect her quality of life. Does anyone out there have any advice - we are really upset about it?