Hi All!
I've got a 5 month old pup who keeps having bouts of limping, he's been the vet both times and she's given him anti inflamitorys and said that it just looks like a strain and nothing serious, which I think may be the case as puppies are puppies and jump around all over the place!
But, a thought occured to me this morning. I haven't seen him do anything at all to cause him to be limping, i.e jumping off stuff, falling over etc. Could the limping be linked to the incidents of overeating that happened around the same time? My thinking is that horses can go lame from eating the over nutritious grass in spring/summer which inflames an area of the hoof. Does this happen with dogs too??
The first time he was limping (left hind leg), the day before he had sneaked a packet of smackos out of my overnight bag and woolfed down the lot. The second time, he had nicked a loaf of bread from the kitchen surface, little monkey! And the third time, which has happened yesterday, he got a tup of BUTTER(!) off the kitchen surface and ate the remainder of the tub (about 70g).

pictures of the little limping gannet! lucathedoberman.blogspot.com

I wouldn't have thought it was the things that he is pinching that causes lameness and remember you are not with him all the time so it is possible that he is causing the injury himself. You don't say what kind of breed he is or what his current weight is.

I am sure it is nothing to worry about.

Hi,

He's a 5 month doberman and weighs 27kg. Seems to be getting better today. x

I would think it more to do with him growing very quickly and puppy antics.
A bit like growing pains

I hope so, I remember crying with pain when I was a kid from growing pains, I guess thats how he felt. The vet also said that young dogs have growing plates at the end of each bone, which are easily injured and hurt.