Anything for Extra Treats
U/Moctor_Drignall: I once saw a dog whose left hindlimb was intermittently lame. Had persisted for some months. It was not a slight lameness either; the dog would sometimes hardly touch his toes. When I finally sent the dog for a referral to an orthopedic, they could not identify anything in particular. They reasoned that the dog was simply hurting itself at home regularly while the owner was away.
The owner set up CCTV in the house to keep an eye on the dog. Only to find that the dog would joyfully run about the house on all four legs during the day and begin to hobble as soon as the owner returned. It’s possible that the dog once hurt itself and discovered that limping attracted more attention and food. The owner paid more than £2000 to discover that her dog was acting strangely.
