wii36o
March 15th, 2009, 02:37 AM
Hello,
I have been tirelessly searching the internet trying to find some kind of direction w/ the problem I am having w/ my dog.
I have an 11 year old cocker spaniel name Abbie.
About a couple months ago, she slowly started losing the ability to walk. It started w/ her rear legs and moved to the front. I actually have to pick her up and hold her up so she can go to the bathroom.
She also has a seperate issue.... some kind of a skin condition that has small red, sores that smell and scab over.
I took Abbie to the vet and they 1st gave me antibiotics for the skin disease. (This was before the lost of walking occured.) The pills did not cure the skin disease. The vet also game me some special soap to wash the dog in regularly throughout the week. Neither of these treatments has cured the skin disease. I explained this so you would see that my poor dog has this to worry about as well.
Back to the walking... I took her in when she started struggling to walk. The vet did not have an explanation for it. The vet did feel a lump in the dog, but I have not had the lump tested as of yet. The vet gave the dog a treatment of antibiotics to see if it would help. This did not help. My dog became worse and completely lost the ability to hold herself upright or walk. I immediately took her back in and the vet gave me a prescription of Prednisolone (Steriods). I had to give the dog 1 per day, and have done so for about 2 weeks now. I have only seen a mild improvement. The dog can struggle to lift the front half of her body into the sitting position. She pants heavy because of the pills. She still cannot walk.
She doesn't appear to be in any real pain. I carry her out to go to the bathroom and she doesn't yelp or shown signs of discomfort.
I feel horrible and want to at least find out what is causing this. I may be willing to invest heavily to allow her to live several more years. As am I sure all of you can relate - Abbie is a part of my family and I am willing to do whatever it takes to prolong her life.
Do you think this has something to do w/ the lump? Maybe it's pushing on her spine?
do you think the skin disease and lump all tie in together?
Any bit of advice, guidance, suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Matt
I have been tirelessly searching the internet trying to find some kind of direction w/ the problem I am having w/ my dog.
I have an 11 year old cocker spaniel name Abbie.
About a couple months ago, she slowly started losing the ability to walk. It started w/ her rear legs and moved to the front. I actually have to pick her up and hold her up so she can go to the bathroom.
She also has a seperate issue.... some kind of a skin condition that has small red, sores that smell and scab over.
I took Abbie to the vet and they 1st gave me antibiotics for the skin disease. (This was before the lost of walking occured.) The pills did not cure the skin disease. The vet also game me some special soap to wash the dog in regularly throughout the week. Neither of these treatments has cured the skin disease. I explained this so you would see that my poor dog has this to worry about as well.
Back to the walking... I took her in when she started struggling to walk. The vet did not have an explanation for it. The vet did feel a lump in the dog, but I have not had the lump tested as of yet. The vet gave the dog a treatment of antibiotics to see if it would help. This did not help. My dog became worse and completely lost the ability to hold herself upright or walk. I immediately took her back in and the vet gave me a prescription of Prednisolone (Steriods). I had to give the dog 1 per day, and have done so for about 2 weeks now. I have only seen a mild improvement. The dog can struggle to lift the front half of her body into the sitting position. She pants heavy because of the pills. She still cannot walk.
She doesn't appear to be in any real pain. I carry her out to go to the bathroom and she doesn't yelp or shown signs of discomfort.
I feel horrible and want to at least find out what is causing this. I may be willing to invest heavily to allow her to live several more years. As am I sure all of you can relate - Abbie is a part of my family and I am willing to do whatever it takes to prolong her life.
Do you think this has something to do w/ the lump? Maybe it's pushing on her spine?
do you think the skin disease and lump all tie in together?
Any bit of advice, guidance, suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Matt