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My puppy's leg is swollen and painful. What can I do before the vet?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 6 months and 27 days old | 45 lbs

I have a concern my puppy dog left leg is swollen and he won't walk on it and he's in a lot of pain. I don't know what I should do to help him right now until I can get the money to take him to the vet

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 10th, 2018

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. I am concerned that this may be a broken bone injury judging from the pictures. For pain relief, you can use Well & Good Buffered Aspirin, which you can find online or at your local Petco quite easily. I would also consider looking into CareCredit to see if you are able to apply for a line of credit to address any medical problems for Chino. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

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