I'm starting to feel like a bloody hypochondriac, but it really is one thing after another with this pup.

I first heard it yesterday, a rhythmic "pop" noise (like you get when your elbow or knee joints "crack"). I couldn't place it and tried to listen in, but it's getting louder and I'm pretty sure it's from her back legs.

I've had a feel and nothing seems out of place there, and she doesn't seem to be in any pain or discomfort at all. The only thing I'd say, though, is that we went for a walk in this big garden yesterday and I let her run around at her pleasure. She came back to me a few minutes and had her back right leg up, and wouldn't put it down. I thought it might be that she stepped in some poison ivy or something, but that wouldn't make sense because wouldn't all of her legs/paws feel it? She also went jumped down a bushy hill and didn't expect it to be steep, I think, and instead of running down she kind of lept 3-4 down it.

Could she have sprained her leg or something? The popping sound is definitely coming from one/both of her joints.. it pops with every step.

Should I take her in?

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