good dog
i'm not sure how it happened, or what was wrong in the first place, but in 24 hours, buttons went from not being able to stand to being perfectly fine. we are now left with a healthy dog and two weeks of a small dog-level dosage of tramadol.
it's weird how her lameness progressed: on friday, her left leg only was bad. on saturday, both legs were bad and she could not walk at all. on sunday, her right leg was noticeably worse than her left leg. monday evening she finally seemed a bit better. yesterday she was almost 100%.
it's weird. we have no idea what was wrong-- i'd guess a pinched nerve (i read a lot about spinal disc slippage in dogs and it sounds like...?) but i have no idea, withought taking her to the vet again i'm not sure i'll ever find out.
she is still hesitant about jumping-- before she could jump into my arms which i'd guess is about three feet, but today she still can't jump onto the couch or beds.
kind of freaky!
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i could barely get a picture off her today because she was so active! she loves playing in the snow, and i'm so glad she can!
it's weird how her lameness progressed: on friday, her left leg only was bad. on saturday, both legs were bad and she could not walk at all. on sunday, her right leg was noticeably worse than her left leg. monday evening she finally seemed a bit better. yesterday she was almost 100%.
it's weird. we have no idea what was wrong-- i'd guess a pinched nerve (i read a lot about spinal disc slippage in dogs and it sounds like...?) but i have no idea, withought taking her to the vet again i'm not sure i'll ever find out.
she is still hesitant about jumping-- before she could jump into my arms which i'd guess is about three feet, but today she still can't jump onto the couch or beds.
kind of freaky!
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i could barely get a picture off her today because she was so active! she loves playing in the snow, and i'm so glad she can!