Is my pitty regressing?
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:08 pm
Hello all!
I have been silently stalking this forum since my dog went down on 1/19.
Quick back story: Harvey is a 8 year old pit mix who has always had an awkward gait and hip dysplasia. On the morning of the 19th, my husband got him up as he always does but he could barely walk. He was tripping over his paws, knuckling, and couldn’t hold himself up for very long.
We rushed him to an emergency vet who had us go immediately to a neurologist and, long story short, an MRI showed he had a herniated disc at T13/L1. He had deep pain sensation, so the doctor was optimistic that he would respond well to surgery.
It’s been just under 5 weeks since he came home. The doctor had originally quoted 4 weeks for him to walk, but I felt like that was slightly unrealistic.
Anyway, Harvey never lost bowel control and we only needed to express his bladder for 4 days before he regained the ability to pee on his own. He’s able to stand unassisted while eating and drinking, and he wags his tail with no issues. Most importantly, he’s his happy, derpy self.
Here is where I am having an issue, though. Up until this week, Harvey hadn’t had any accidents. However, in the last 3 days he’s pooped in his crate twice and on our living room rug once. He also peed in his crate once.
Could he be regressing?
The majority of this week we would take him outside to do his business and he would either go with no problem or we would be out there forever and he would have no desire to urinate or defecate. It was these times we would bring him back in and within 20 minutes he would have an accident.
The doctor is still optimistic that Harvey will walk, especially since he will be starting PT soon. So, how worried should I be about these recent accidents?
Thank you I’m advance to anyone who reads my rambling insanity.
I have been silently stalking this forum since my dog went down on 1/19.
Quick back story: Harvey is a 8 year old pit mix who has always had an awkward gait and hip dysplasia. On the morning of the 19th, my husband got him up as he always does but he could barely walk. He was tripping over his paws, knuckling, and couldn’t hold himself up for very long.
We rushed him to an emergency vet who had us go immediately to a neurologist and, long story short, an MRI showed he had a herniated disc at T13/L1. He had deep pain sensation, so the doctor was optimistic that he would respond well to surgery.
It’s been just under 5 weeks since he came home. The doctor had originally quoted 4 weeks for him to walk, but I felt like that was slightly unrealistic.
Anyway, Harvey never lost bowel control and we only needed to express his bladder for 4 days before he regained the ability to pee on his own. He’s able to stand unassisted while eating and drinking, and he wags his tail with no issues. Most importantly, he’s his happy, derpy self.
Here is where I am having an issue, though. Up until this week, Harvey hadn’t had any accidents. However, in the last 3 days he’s pooped in his crate twice and on our living room rug once. He also peed in his crate once.
Could he be regressing?
The majority of this week we would take him outside to do his business and he would either go with no problem or we would be out there forever and he would have no desire to urinate or defecate. It was these times we would bring him back in and within 20 minutes he would have an accident.
The doctor is still optimistic that Harvey will walk, especially since he will be starting PT soon. So, how worried should I be about these recent accidents?
Thank you I’m advance to anyone who reads my rambling insanity.