Okay as the title states... My golden Jake who just turned 12 yesterday (01/02/16) was standing today in my living room and he appeared to have a strong back leg. I even thought to myself wow his back legs are stronger than I thought?!
Well as he was sitting there later today I noticed his Rear left leg is swollen to close to 1 1/2 times normal. Appears from about the middle of his leg and down. Now he is an older golden that is sort of smaller (52 lbs) and always kind of walked stiff on his back legs/hips since we rescued him at 9 years old.
He appears to be walking fine still, goes outside like normal, up and down slow but like normal.
He doesn't act like its painful and no obvious other signs of exterior damage (no ticks, no bumps, etc). My wife felt his leg from the ground up and he doesn't act like anything is painful or hurts to touch.
Thoughts? any prior experience like this?
Well as he was sitting there later today I noticed his Rear left leg is swollen to close to 1 1/2 times normal. Appears from about the middle of his leg and down. Now he is an older golden that is sort of smaller (52 lbs) and always kind of walked stiff on his back legs/hips since we rescued him at 9 years old.
He appears to be walking fine still, goes outside like normal, up and down slow but like normal.
He doesn't act like its painful and no obvious other signs of exterior damage (no ticks, no bumps, etc). My wife felt his leg from the ground up and he doesn't act like anything is painful or hurts to touch.
Thoughts? any prior experience like this?