Also I forgot to add she is a 12 year old German shepherd/lab mix
This morning I got up, and as normal my 2.5 y/o Lab mix (95lbs) jumped up from where he was sleeping on the floor beside me, and followed me into the bathroom.
As we were leaving the bathroom, I noticed he was having trouble walking. His front legs were straight, but his back end was in a squat position (almost like he was going to take a poop) and shaking very hard.
He was trying to walk back towards the bed, but was having a lot of trouble. I panicked thinking he was about to poop, and tryed to drag him back onto the tiled bathroom floor. Just as quickly as it started, it stopped, and he seems normal again. I assumed it was maybe a muscle cramp or hip spasm.
My husband had told me a few months ago that he’d seen the dog have “seizure-like” shaking and today said it looked exactly the same. Could this actually be a seizure? Duke seems fine now, he ate his breakfast no problem, and is acting like his normal self.
Should I be taking him to the vet this week? Would they be able to do much with only knowing of two episodes?
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My dog had a slipped disc a few years ago and injured it again last year. Last night I was carrying her and set her down on the floor and she started yelping. I immediately though it was her back but i noticed she would help if she moved her left leg. She would lay down and kick her leg back and Yelp some more.
I gave her some pain medicine and later on I took her potty with her sling and I felt a pretty big pop in her left leg. I took her to the vet today’s a he took an X-ray. He said that the hip didn’t look dislocated and her knee looked fine, he said he noticed a calcification in one of her discs from her injuring it.
She would hold her leg up and not put any pressure on it. The vet tested her reflexes and said they were almost non existent and he only got a pain response when he pulls her leg back. He put her on some anti inflammatory and now she try’s to use the leg but it looks like the leg sort of tilts inward.
I think her pain is finally under control now. The vet said it could be that she dislocated her hip and the pop I felt was it going back in. He also said she could’ve torn a ligament but her leg felt ok, it just had a tiny bit of extra play. And he also said that it could be the calcification is pushing on a nerve and that’s why she can’t really feel her leg.
I have her on pain meds and anti inflammatories and crate rest.
I don’t know what to think or what is going on, I got no straight answers. Does anyone have experience with hip/leg/back issues? What does it sound like happened to you?
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My dog is 12 1/2 and had a seizure. I took her to the vet and they said she has heartworms. Started her on the medication and the next day she had another seizure. I rushed her in again and they did X-rays to find out she has cancer(I’m not sure what kind) but it is on or near her lungs. They put her on seizure meds and it doesn’t seem to be helping. She rests most of the day and when I get her up to go to the bathroom or get home from work, she has a seizure. And now she seems to be a bit unsteady on her feet while walking. I took her for a short walk and she walked good. She has lost some weight, I can feel her spine very easily, but her stomach seems to be a bit bulgy. I want to know if this is all from the cancer or could she have possibly at something toxic or something that could block her to cause these symptoms? And is this most likely the end or is there other things like diet and vitamins I can give her that would help?
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debra yuhasz I once had a dog with this problem. It was so bad the vet wanted to put him to sleep. A new vet came to town and I went there for a second opinion because I couldn’t see the sense in putting down an otherwise very healthy dog just because his ears were badly infected. This new vet put my dog under and shaved all the hair and gunk out from deep down in his ears. When I picked him up the next day he told me there was so much stuff in his ears that there was no way medicine was going to reach the infection. After a course of a different oral antibiotic and a month of different ear drops he never had another ear infection.
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brigitte montanye thank you for your info
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brigitte montanye thanks I have her vet check for other problems
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PK Dennis If you haven’t gotten all the grains out of your dog’s diet, now is the time to do so. Many dogs show no signs of an allergy, other than their constant ear infections.
If you buy your dog food at the grocery store, or a big box store (WalMart for example) then you need to stop doing that, and go find a pet store that sells premium dog food. Find a pet store (that does not sell puppies!) and ask to be shown to their grain-free dog food area. Then start reading labels. You want one that lists real meat (beef, turkey, elk, bison, lamb, salmon meal – the entire animal ground up and dried –, whitefish meal, etc) as the first 2 or even better, 3 ingredients.
Do not buy any dog food that lists “by products” this may be nothing more than feathers.
Yes, this food will cost more than what you find at a box store or grocery store, but since your dog needs to eat less of this good food than the mainly grain food to maintain a healthy weight, the expense will even out in the long run.
Also, you may want to go online to Whole-Dog-Journal.com and buy their issue that covers ear infections. Lots of good research and experience based info that may help you.
i would absolutely notify them of the incidents, with dates, times, and durations if you’re able to give that information. they may want to see video of future episodes, as well as immediately bringing him in the next time this occurs.
If I’d had my phone on me I would definitely have videoed it. But I’m not even sure I would have had time. The whole thing lasted maybe 10-15 seconds. I can’t remember when my husband noticed the first one – he told me about it at the time but I brushed it off thinking he was over-reacting
understood – just trying to help you think of things the vet will probably want to know, especially going forward. they may also want to know about potential triggers…so, what the dog was doing just before the incident, whether they were calm or excited, etc. context clues can be a huge help with things like this.