This is my first post here and I just wanted to say thanks to all who put such a great effort into the list.
Our 4 month old, Cooper, showed signs of an injury Tuesday night, and mostly laid around on Wednesday. He was not moving too swiftly all day and reacted to our prodding on his left front leg just below the knee. I took him to our vet Wednesday evening and he said it appears to be a strain or sprain. He, Cooper, does put weight on it but he favors it and doesn't like to take a step down to get outside. I think he injured it while bouncing around in the snow. His left front leg went through the crust and the rest of him didn't.He didn't yelp at all. At the time I didn't think much of it but now I remember wondering why he kind of froze for a moment. I even went over and helped him up. On the way home from the vet I remembered reading something about cruciate injuries which I think is in the knee area????How does one tell the difference between a cruciate injury and a muscle strain?. Cooper didn't seem to mind having his left knee being manipulated. BTW: Cooper is our first puppy. We were given a one year old Berner who had to be euthanized 10 months later due to a hemangioperycytoma(sp?). The couple that gave us the first Berner brought the new puppy over this past Christmas day. :-) Scott Layman & Cooper
