Dog down, need ideas

“my boot eater pooch was fine this morning...but now he's sitting and can't move his entire back half. He's trembling and trying. He's about to goto the vet in a few mins but we've been so freaking busy. Wasn't hit by a car, unless he chased the 1 car that went by in the 5 seconds i wasn't looking, or he was snakebit..but the only probably bite marks are around his face..and no swelling.
He went to the vet for his shots and wormer saturday..and ideas?.”

“how old is he?. could be a touch of arthritis. An old dog of mine had that problem. It should clear up pretty soon for this spell, but he's likely to get it again. Vet should be able to give you something for it. Just a possibility. Sounds very like it though.”

“he's a year old pitbull/bulldog mix..subject to constipation..lol..but that's it”

“Check for ticks.
I had a dog do this when I was a kid. He had a large tick on his backbone.”

“geesh, could be anything. brown recluse or snake bite, arthritus, displasia, freak accident. good luck in any case opie, the vet will figure it out. let us know...”

“Opie, your dog will probably be fine. My wife is a vet assistant and she sees this frequently. When dogs get a virus like the human cold, paralysis of the hind end is a common symptom. The vet will probably give you something for your dog and should be back to normal in a day or so. Let me know how things turn out.”

“Sounds like it could be tetinus(SP?).”

“Sounds like a virus or he tweaked a back muscle or something. Our Airedale did that when she was a year old.”

“So basically I think it could be any of the above or all of the above :o)”

“oops, i thought this was a thread about a new kind of sleeping bag fill. get it? dog down?.........ahhhh

seriously, ope, i hope your dog gets better and is wagging his tail with you at the local booby bar soon”

“Prolly reeeeeeeeeeeeeel bad butt werms.”

“Had a germon shephard mix as a kid who had hip displacia...used to act kind of like that sometimes.”

“take him to the vet and get professional advice

thats my unprofessional opinion”

“Good luck at the vet's Opie. I trust your dog will be on the mend soon.”

“Khatru wasn't in the vicinity, was he?”

“That's cold chili.”

“Older dogs can also have seizure activity, which sometimes leads to transient hind limb paralysis, but your pooch is only a year old... He must have known it was Monday, My butt drags on Monday's too!”

“no matter what is said here, take it to the Vet.
ASAP!”

“gee ya think maple!”

“Maple is right talk to a Vet. My dog stopped breathing last summer, we rushed her to the vet. Of course when we got there she was back to her old self. Never did find out what happened.

Good luck with your dog!”

“Hope you dog is OK, Opie.

I had to take Rosey in for xrays last week b/c she developed a limp/stiff leg that wouldn't go away. I thought maybe she had hip displaysa, but the xrays came out fine and he his nice, tight bones.

Prolly a pulled/torn muscle and she's on antiinflamatories now. Hard to keep her chilled out tho...”

“took zeb to the vet, thanks for your well wishes and thoughts. Please let this thread drop off the bottom....”

“Head for the vet for evaluation.

Something like that happened to my wife's dog apparently she messed up her back jumping. In a week she was okay.

But have the vet examine your boot eating pooch. (I hope it's not your HIKING boots that he/she eats!)”

“as almost said in Pulp Fiction...Zeb's dead baby”

“Oh Opie, that's terrible. I'm so sorry.”

“Sorry Opie.”

“Sorry Opie.. that a hard one, sorry.”

“Sorry to hear that.”

“Gosh opie, I'm sorry :(. Did the vet say what it was?”

“I'm so sorry OPIE.”

“Sorry to hear that OPIE.”

“I'm so sorry OPIE, I know how much it hurts.”

“What happened? So sorry.”

“OPIE, that's terrible! I'm so sorry!”

“OPIE, I'm really sorry to hear that. Take time to grieve, it's part of the healing process. I know...I just had to euthanize a very loved family pet about a month ago. It hurts, but try to focus on the good times.”

“sorry to hear the bad news,

but the pilp ficyion thing makes me wonder how upset you really are. was putting him/hew to sleep the cheapest solution?”

“I wonder why you posted on the internet instead of consoling your dog and taking care of it? Mayhaps the outcome would have been different if you had taken care of ythe dog instead of positng on the 'net. That's gotta be tough to live with.”

“Call for Mr Micah!”

“Wow "bales" you are one low blow throwin' hateful coward of a troll.”

“Bowels is jus a skeerdy chikken trole.”

“I hope Opie never determines the true identity of bales,,,,,I will have to go bail Opie out after he kicks bales ass if he does.”

“He was just stating a fact. One I am sure that many of you have ask'd yourself when you saw his post.
He may have wasted time by posting here first then taking the dog to the Vet.
If you see a person hit by a car, do you stop to smell the pretty roses first then go to the Hospital?”

“ok i know your a troll, and your job is to piss me off..but this thread had dropped way off the radar...maybe my dog was at my feet as i typed the post, his back broken unknown to us by a car that hit him late that night. maybe i sat with him and tried to find out what was wrong with him even as he bit me, leaving deep scars.
I posted on this board due to the varied experiences and professions that many that post here have. Have you ever had to put something you love down?...and in response to the a$$clown that said i had him put to sleep as the cheap alternative obviously thinks maybe next time i take the cheaper way out and spend .10 cents on a 9mm round and pop something i love in the head....so Fu(k you!”

“People who find it nessecary to intentionaly hurt others don't exist to me...UNTIL MY FIST HITS THEIR FACE.”

“Do not werry. If I never see him in the woods me and my hubsand Gissmo will get him some good ressel ups. Mebbe my daddy will get him to but that wold not be nessesserry cuz he will awreddy be bleedy and cryin and sayin "OOOOOHHH! THE PAAAAANE!!"

hippacRAT!”

“and i bet you live 10 minutes from an animal hospital also...and do you have your dog at work with you all day..so you can drop your work at the drop of a hat...i waited maybe an hour to take him to the vet...not waiting for responses to my post...but to check if the vet was in his office and not in the fields, tying up lose ends to get him up there, and watching him to see if there was any decline or improvement in his health...but i guess hindsight is 20/20...and your not worth anymore of my time, and i don't have to explain crap to you....i hope you hike yourself off a cliff fu(kstick”

“as almost said in Pulp Fiction...Zeb's dead baby"
OPIE
01:55:18 PM
04/21/03


good joke right?
got time for that I see.

HYPOCRITE”

“Cowardice on the part of the troll.

Some trolls are funny, some are evocative of strong passions for a lively discussion, but this is just a sick, sad, feeble, pathetic little attempt at anonymous venomous discourse. In other words, I wouldn't piss on this guy if he was on fire.”

“ya know, people deal with emotions in different ways. let it go.”

“my last word...yea maybe that was in bad taste..but i was hurting pretty bad, didn't wanna come out with the long drawn out struggle that it took to get zeb an hour down the road...him yelping and crying the whole way...trying to go 100..but only able to go 55 due to traffic and rough roads.
maybe i didn't feel like being serious..when have i ever been known for that. what's your beef with me anyway...i think i know who you are anyway....and i feel sorry for you and your family”