When my pug puppy was 5 days old she was picked up by another female dog who thought the pup was hers, resulting in puncturing her muscles in the tops of her front legs,she went to the vets and the wounds cleaned and all ok,no problems. Then when the time came for her to walk she dragged herself along the floor, her legs not splayed like a swimmer, but close into her body and held backwards,managing to push herself along with her back legs.She grew out of this with help and began walking on all fours, but now when walking she walks normal then suddenly her front legs seem to give way and she walks with her feet turned under, her legs dont go under just the actual top part of her pads, will she grow out of this or is there something I can do to help her?

I think the best you can do is get her examined by your vet and take his advice.   Sounds like something nurological going on.  I'm not familiar with this breed and how it develops, but in my main breed, we do have a condition - Wobblers - which can cause movement problems.   Not usually as much the front legs as the back legs.   Obviously a message isn't getting through from her brain to her legs.   I suppose she may improve as she develops and she is young indeed, yet.    Obviously you have to hold off finding a home for her until her prognosis is more clear.   We had one that suffered lack of oxygen as she was being both which left her with a lot of problems, from movement to being able to control her peeing/poohing.  We kept her back to around 18 weeks, before  making the very hard decision to let her go, with dignity.   We couldn't keep her in our small pack, and I couldn't risk somebody taking her on, and getting impatient with her over her challenges.

Perhaps a Pug person will be able to offer more advice - is the breeder of the dam of this puppy available to talk to?

My first thought was maybe she had muscle damage due to her past injury,have looked at the condition Wobblers and noted that it affects the back legs not so much the front,There is no way I would rehome her as she is anyway if at all ! thankyou for your advice,the breeder of the dam is available to speak to, maybe she can shed some light into the problem, thankyou.

I think the vet should be your first port of call

If the bitch bit her hard enough to puncture her muscles, then in such a tiny developing puppy, she may have done some deeper damage. I think you need to get this investigated, and possibly have a CT scan or MRI.

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Stephanie Presdee says: Cross posted from Annie Lewis. "Not sure why you're asking me about this but I do have a suggestion for this person: swimming. I had a wire fox pup whose legs were doubled all over the place. I used a medium sized rubbish bin full of water and strung her up with a piece of cloth behind her front legs. From the very first day I could see the improvement. Finally, she walked normally and I even showed her."

I wouldn't do swimming until it's known what's wrong, you could make things much worse.  Not the same, of course, but River did 4 months of hydrotherapy for HD - it didn't help, and on further investigation we discovered she had a slipped disc.  The hydrotherapy had made it worse because of the position it put her spine in while she was in the water, it put pressure directly on the prolapsed area.

Please, don't start trying different things until you know what you're dealing with.

Hi, some are correct here. If you think, there is really an issue with the way your puppy walks, the best thing to do is to ask the opinion of a veterinarian or an animal expert that you know. Your puppy must be diagnose to know exactly the situation.