Dog cant walk, or stand on own
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:08 pm
Hi Everyone,
I have a Min Pin who is almost 13 years old. A few weeks ago she fell while peeing. She started seeming hesitant to go down the stairs so I would carry out to go to the bathroom. She would go down them once in a while though and once I brought her out she would run around. On Saturday November 10th, we had company so I put my 3 dogs in the bedroom with a bone for each of them. 2 hours later I went to let them out and Peanut was having a hard time getting up. She seemed fine after that and on sunday but on Monday she couldn't walk at all. I rushed her to the emergency vet who checked her out. My options were either to go see the neurologist (which unfortunately I cannot afford right now) or she wanted to put her on Prednisone. She gave me a prescription of 5mg for her to take twice a day. She is still eating, drinking, peeing, pooping etc... I carry her outside and hold her up and she will put her head down and sniff and then pee. I lay her on a bed mat in case she has accidents. She has been on the prednisone for 2 weeks now. she will now bark excessively at me when she needs to go out or when she needs water or wants food. otherwise she just lays there. When I carry her out her front paws have started crossing. They have been knuckling for awhile now but I have noticed its not as bad. She has started being able to hold herself up when I lay her down. She used to just flop over and I would support her with blankets. The paperwork from the vet just says "spinal impairment of cervical spine". Is there any hope that she may be able to walk again?
I have a Min Pin who is almost 13 years old. A few weeks ago she fell while peeing. She started seeming hesitant to go down the stairs so I would carry out to go to the bathroom. She would go down them once in a while though and once I brought her out she would run around. On Saturday November 10th, we had company so I put my 3 dogs in the bedroom with a bone for each of them. 2 hours later I went to let them out and Peanut was having a hard time getting up. She seemed fine after that and on sunday but on Monday she couldn't walk at all. I rushed her to the emergency vet who checked her out. My options were either to go see the neurologist (which unfortunately I cannot afford right now) or she wanted to put her on Prednisone. She gave me a prescription of 5mg for her to take twice a day. She is still eating, drinking, peeing, pooping etc... I carry her outside and hold her up and she will put her head down and sniff and then pee. I lay her on a bed mat in case she has accidents. She has been on the prednisone for 2 weeks now. she will now bark excessively at me when she needs to go out or when she needs water or wants food. otherwise she just lays there. When I carry her out her front paws have started crossing. They have been knuckling for awhile now but I have noticed its not as bad. She has started being able to hold herself up when I lay her down. She used to just flop over and I would support her with blankets. The paperwork from the vet just says "spinal impairment of cervical spine". Is there any hope that she may be able to walk again?