March 25th 2008 9:01 am
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Jack had one of his dog buddies over last Monday and they ran around in the yard for most of the afternoon. He was limping slightly that night, which continued for most of the week, slowly improving. He would be slightly stiff when he got up from lying down for a while, and we just figured he had pulled something. We were trying to take it easy with him, but that's not so easy with a border collie (they want to GO GO GO!)

Yesterday after we got home we were playing fetch in the yard and he came back with the ball whimpering and not wanting to put any weight on his foot. So we took him to the vet and they checked him over and sent him home with painkillers and strict instructions for NO fetch and he must be on a leash at all times outside, at least for a week. They want us to keep an eye on him and if his meds don't help within a week or so, they will have to sedate him and do x-rays. The vet thinks it may be a partially torn ACL. Ow! So far he's being pretty good about it, but it's sad to see your border collie not even attempt to go get his ball to play. Poor buddy.