COJoe
Lil-Rokslider
I had a rough and scary situation today while on a hike with a friend and my dog. She's a yellow lab that weights between 90-95 pounds. We took a hike that we did a couple weeks ago that is only about 3.5 miles long but has about a 600' elevation gain and is very rocky for a good porton of it which makes yor step placement tricky sometimes.
About 1.8 miles into the hike and a little past the peak elevation, my lab started to act very strange in her steps with her left hip/leg almost pointing out at an angle. She acted like she was going to squat but was actually trying to walk that way until she finally just sat down then layed down. It was really unnerving to see her like that suddenly. She couldn't walk or get up at all. I decided I needed to carry her back to my vehicle. My friend had to take my Stone Glacier pack and carry it for me and carry his small pack infront of him. I was able to pick her up and put her over my shoulder, sorta of a fireman's carry, but I could only carry her for about 50 yards or so. The weird thing is, once I put her down she could walk ok for a little bit until it got really rocky again then I would pick her up again for a short while. Finally, she couldn't walk at all so I had to carry her for about a couple hundred yards which was pretty difficult because the trail was really rocky. So I had to put her down again and thankfully, she was able to walk the last 3/4 mile back out on her own. My friend had played with her in the park about two hours before our walk so maybe that had her sore.
I wonder if when I picker her up I reset her hip area inadvertently. She's ok now just really tired. She was able to even jump up into my 4 runner by herself. It was a strange situation for sure. I thought I might have to put her on my stone Glacier load shelf and try to carry her out that way which would have been difficult. Has anyone ever had to cary out your dog because of injuries before? You can see her walking strange in the one picture. Sorry for the long post but any thoughts or experiences?
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About 1.8 miles into the hike and a little past the peak elevation, my lab started to act very strange in her steps with her left hip/leg almost pointing out at an angle. She acted like she was going to squat but was actually trying to walk that way until she finally just sat down then layed down. It was really unnerving to see her like that suddenly. She couldn't walk or get up at all. I decided I needed to carry her back to my vehicle. My friend had to take my Stone Glacier pack and carry it for me and carry his small pack infront of him. I was able to pick her up and put her over my shoulder, sorta of a fireman's carry, but I could only carry her for about 50 yards or so. The weird thing is, once I put her down she could walk ok for a little bit until it got really rocky again then I would pick her up again for a short while. Finally, she couldn't walk at all so I had to carry her for about a couple hundred yards which was pretty difficult because the trail was really rocky. So I had to put her down again and thankfully, she was able to walk the last 3/4 mile back out on her own. My friend had played with her in the park about two hours before our walk so maybe that had her sore.
I wonder if when I picker her up I reset her hip area inadvertently. She's ok now just really tired. She was able to even jump up into my 4 runner by herself. It was a strange situation for sure. I thought I might have to put her on my stone Glacier load shelf and try to carry her out that way which would have been difficult. Has anyone ever had to cary out your dog because of injuries before? You can see her walking strange in the one picture. Sorry for the long post but any thoughts or experiences?
![IMG_7994 Medium.png IMG_7994 Medium.png](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/718/718937-602343b54a79d5c6f6251c7741686fca.jpg)
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