Rine
03-05-2008, 06:05 PM
Today, I got up and did my normal routine. My dog, of course, decided to "sleep in." He used to get up right with me, but now he likes to sleep a bit until I'm about to leave.
When I went into the kitchen, I noticed him simply standing there, hunched over in pain. I approached him and touched his back and he yelped in pain. Of course, I started freaking out because he's never done this before. He's shaking and trembling really, really badly and I get him to lie down and he's very tense. He continues to shake and whimper in pain for the next fifteen minutes.
I called my boss and told her I wasn't coming in because I was taking the dog to the vet right away. Thankfully she understands (I think; I wasn't scheduled to come in anyways. I was going in to make up hours I missed on Monday when I had to call in b/c of car trouble.)
So, I call the animal hospital and they told me to bring him in. By now, he's a little more active and I coaxed him outside to answer nature's call. He came in and ate and drank a bit. Then, he tried to play with his "sock" but decided to lay around.
It was hard getting him into the car (he's 84 pounds). The doc looked him over and pressed her fingers down his spinal cord. He yelped in pain whenever she would get to his lower back. She also did this little test where she would take his foot and push it over or something and then she would see how long it took him to flip his foot back right. He wouldn't with his back paws, but his front ones were fine.
They took him to walk up and down the hall and his back legs were weak.
They are keeping him until 4 today to take x-rays. They think it could be number of things, but think it might be a slipped disc or other spinal related problems.
I'm hoping for the best and I'm very worried.
Does anyone know what might be wrong? It's hard just sitting here at home, waiting...:(
When I went into the kitchen, I noticed him simply standing there, hunched over in pain. I approached him and touched his back and he yelped in pain. Of course, I started freaking out because he's never done this before. He's shaking and trembling really, really badly and I get him to lie down and he's very tense. He continues to shake and whimper in pain for the next fifteen minutes.
I called my boss and told her I wasn't coming in because I was taking the dog to the vet right away. Thankfully she understands (I think; I wasn't scheduled to come in anyways. I was going in to make up hours I missed on Monday when I had to call in b/c of car trouble.)
So, I call the animal hospital and they told me to bring him in. By now, he's a little more active and I coaxed him outside to answer nature's call. He came in and ate and drank a bit. Then, he tried to play with his "sock" but decided to lay around.
It was hard getting him into the car (he's 84 pounds). The doc looked him over and pressed her fingers down his spinal cord. He yelped in pain whenever she would get to his lower back. She also did this little test where she would take his foot and push it over or something and then she would see how long it took him to flip his foot back right. He wouldn't with his back paws, but his front ones were fine.
They took him to walk up and down the hall and his back legs were weak.
They are keeping him until 4 today to take x-rays. They think it could be number of things, but think it might be a slipped disc or other spinal related problems.
I'm hoping for the best and I'm very worried.
Does anyone know what might be wrong? It's hard just sitting here at home, waiting...:(