Has your chi injured a leg?

This happened to Zeus twice when he was 9 weeks old. He limped for an hour (after jumping off the couch), then was fine. Another time, I went to hop in the shower and I left him in the kitchen. He must have tried to jump on the chair and limped for a few hours. Depending on Enzo's age, dogs can have 5mg per pound of aspirin every 12 hours. You might want to ask your vet if he's old enough for it. For very young dogs, they lack the enzyme to process the aspirin. I can't recall what that age is. If he's better, if it were my dog, I probably wouldn't take him to the vet. If it is just a bruise, aspirin would work great, but please ask the vet if he's old enough. Maybe someone else on the boards knows the "magic" age.

How old is your son? I can't recall how old Enzo is, but when they are young, they are extremely fragile. My daughter was 1 when we got Zeus so they could only play together under supervision then they were seperated. Our vet had told us that if a Chi at a young age is stepped it, it could be fatal. I've also would walk kinda of dragging my feet on the carpet because I didn't want to step on Zeus. Now that he's 11#, he's a lot more aware of us walking around, as am I. My daughter (2 now) and Zeus can now play more together. Now I worry about him hurting hurt her and not the other way around anymore.

Keep us posted.

I agree, do not give your dog any meds until a doctor sees him.
Dogs can be very good at hiding an injury. Just because they will allow you to put pressure on their leg, that doesnt really mean that the leg isnt injured. I remember Bailey (our Lhasa mix) jumped from one couch to the next and fell backwards on the floor. She was three-legged for a day or two but I pressed my mom to take her to the vet anyway. Turned out that she had a fracture! They thought it would need surgery, but then they decided against it.
When I first adopted kylie she had a very bad broken leg. even though she wasnt using it she was not crying or depressed at all. She was running around acting crazy which is the main reason her original owners waited all day before calling me for advise.

Here is something you can do in the mean time...take your hand and run it down the leg that is injured...starting from the back and slowly moving down to the toes. See if you can feel any heat in the leg. You will notice right away if an area on his leg is hotter then the rest. That is a key sign of something going on in the leg. We do that a lot at work (I work as a vet tech at a Vet-rehab facility...(helping injured dogs afer the vet visit). You must keep your hand moving to feel it though. Your hand can produce heat if you leave it on your dog so you want your hand moving so you can feel his heat, not yours.
If you do have some areas that are hot, put some ice on it, just for 10 minutes. Put a washcloth under the bag of ice so it isnt too cold for them. Ice will only help with pain and swelling....do not put heat on it. heat can potentially make an injury worse so the only time I would use heat is if the vet tells you to.

Other then that I guess just keep an eye on him until her appointment. If you notice he is uncomfortalbe, limping, getting up from a down position differently, or anything else that would show he is in pain I would take him in sooner. My personal opinion is that you take him in sooner then a week, but that is up to you.

Good luck with him! Please let us know what happens!!!
Jessica