A piece of ice fell off my roof the other day and happened to catch my ten year old golden retriever in the hip/leg. He has been dragging his legs and will not stand up without me lifting up his rear end first. And even then, he only saunters for a max of five feet. With it being directly after the holidays, what is the best thing I can do for him until I have the money to take him into the vet after the new year?
2007-12-29
12:54:03
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A piece of ice fell off my roof the other day and happened to catch my ten year old golden retriever in the hip/leg. He has been dragging his legs and will not stand up without me lifting up his rear end first. And even then, he only saunters for a max of five feet.
EDIT: To answer the seven responses that are, "Take him to the vet you broke bastard". For one, it's after business hours right now; I also live one hour from the vet so that's really a moot point. For two, he's ten years friggin' old. That's seventy in dog years! I am positive he did NOT break his hip, he is NOT in any serious danger of losing his mobility. If he did have a serious break of his hip or foot, he wouldn't be walking on it at all; even if propped or prodded into it. If anyone of you took a fraction of the time to read through the question as you did preparing your responses, I may have not wasted my time.
2007-12-29
13:30:43 ·
update #1