Limping, what could it be?

[Jazz461]

We can't work this one out so I thought I'd ask and see if any of you have any ideas as to what it could be and how to make it better.
About 2 weeks ago Jazz stumbled on uneven ground on her walk and from then on she started limping, it was her left front leg :(. She had an x-ray on Monday and nothing really showed up on it except that it might be her wrist joint. At a guess it could be soft tissue damage but the thing is painkillers don't seem to help it and her lameness hasn't improved. It doesn't bother her either as she continues to play as normal, there's no swelling and you can move her leg about without her showing any sign of discomfort, so what could it be? I'm just wondering how long it will take to heel as she refuses to rest it and if we limit her exercise she just goes crazy. Do we just have to wait for it to heel on its own or can we do something for her?
Any ideas? It's just we can't take her to obedience classes like this and she really enjoys playing with the other dogs especially Louis the Labrador .

 

[Jan]

It's going to take a long time to get better if she continues to run around on it. She has to rest it whether she likes it or not. I would keep her on a leash. You can work on her obedience at home as it will help tire her out. Give her a raw meaty bone to chew on and try feeding her out of Kongs. Both will keep her busy, tire her out and she won't be hurting her leg.

Good luck

 

[Jazz461]

Update

Jazz was seen by a specialist the other day. He said he could feel a crackling/grinding of the cartilage in her wrist :( so she's on a course of Metacam and 2 weeks of walking on a lead.
Hoping this will work, if it doesn't then she's got to have an MRI scan of her leg. We're trying to keep her calm, and for the most part it's working, so fingers crossed.