help fast!

**Corinna** · 09-02-2006, 11:12 PM

If you do find a tick on her or in her bedding save it and take itto the vet for testing too.

**cali** · 09-03-2006, 08:37 AM

no ticks that I can find. she seems to be mostly better this morning? her back is leveled out again and she is no longer limping, she can stand and sit, lay down and jump. however the muscles on her hips that were very tight last night suddenly feel odd, like she normally as big firm muscles, but now they feel I dunno, smaller? and they almost feel looser if that makes sence? also she is walking just fine but when she trots she barly moves her back legs.

**Karen** · 09-03-2006, 08:46 AM

I'd still take her to the vet.

**cali** · 09-03-2006, 09:54 AM

I e-mailed my mom to see what she says, but I dunno is she is back on the road or what. I want her tested for hip dysplasia soon, I was told yesterday though that they cant do any x-rays on the weekend, so thats out right now anyway. I played fetch with her for about 5 minutes so I could closly watch her hips while she played, a couple times her hips just sorta fell, and after 5 minutes she started moving her back legs together when she trotted, and of coarse her being a Border Collie.... hip dysplasia is the thought that keeps reoccuring in my head. what gets me though is that she has no difficulty standng up on her hind legs and no problems with jumping, its just the way she moves keeps changing latly she is sometimes walking normal and sometimes walking like a runaway model, crossing each foot in front of the other, and sometimes her hips just randomly swing a little.

**cali** · 09-03-2006, 11:06 AM

umm ok its defintaly her hips, I stood in front of her and asked her to do an obedience type sit, she couldend do it and it was clearly not a lazy thing because her hips started wobbling as she tried to lower herself then her hips just collapsed sideways.