The vet came out to look at Blossom and after looking her over gave me both good and bad news. The good news is that she does not have founder, nor is she lame in any manner. Yet. Unfortunately, the bad news is that the tendons in her legs never developed properly and the situation is irreversible. Blossom was born with loose tendons in all four legs.
The front legs corrected themselves but the back legs never really did. Though I do believe she was standing on them as correctly as she could for a long time now but for whatever reason, in the past month the tendon in the back legs began to stretch again until she was walking on her heels rather than her hooves.
I took these photos outside but they don't really give a good view of how bad they are. I think she is standing on a hill and it is pushing her feet forward because as bad as it looks, they are actually worse than this.
Another angle.
What made this diagnose so heartwrenching is that there is nothing the vet can do for her. It is not treatable. She is not in any pain so the only thing we can do for her is to wait until the time comes when walking on her heels will break the skin and infection sets in. The humane thing to do at that time will be to euthanize her. When those words passed the vet's lips, I admit I cried. I love this little miniature and can't bare to think of her fate.
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