my puppys rear paw is free moving. my daughter pulled his ...

What do you mean by free moving? That it no longer feels attached like the other paw or that it freely moves the way it normally did (like the other paw)?

Also have you check further up the leg to the the knee area and hip area?

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I checked all the way up the leg. The bones feel fine. When he lays I can see that the paw just lays there.

This happened 4hrs ago. I have seen him move it once. I picked him up and tried to get him to move it. but he just lets it hang there.

He may have just overextended the muscle which would usually swell. There is also the possiblity that a tendon or ligament was injured, and depending on how bad the damage is will correlate to how much swelling you see. It does not sound like a broken bone, which you have also examined for, but there is always the possibility that a bone was dislocated in the foot.

These types of injuries are very difficult to diagnose with a physically palpitating the area and sometimes xrays. If you have an emergency vet you should take him tonight, before swelling does set in and makes it harder for a vet to manipulate anything that is dislocated. I have found that ER vets only cost on average about 10% more than regular office visits and they are better equipped to handle emergencies and have much more experience with them.

Please let me know if you need more info.

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there is no swelling at all. he is just favoring his foot.   around here there are also no vets open.

What I would do to help his discomfort, is give him a baby aspirin (1 tablet per 15 pounds of weight, 2 times a day). Also, since there is no swelling at all I would just try to keep him off of it. But if he wants to move around let him, just no overexerting himself playing. If it does start to swelling you can ice it, 10 minutes at a time with at least a 1/2 hour in between.

Puppies are so delicate as you are well aware. That sometimes they bruise very easily. It is very possible that a good nights rest will help him a lot and he will use it a little better tomorrow. If he is a little better tomorrow, see if he improves the next day. If he is the same or worse tomorrow than you can have it checked at your regular vet.

If he has any other problems tonight, just reopen this question and let me know. It sounds as though you have done a very thorough exam and understand what you were looking for, so he has a very experienced nurse at his bedside. I tend to be overcautious and encourage people to go to the vet, because many get nervous and very upset because they do not know how to care for their puppies and kittens. Like I said if you need anything later on, just post me.


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