I have a question. I have a 7 year old dachshund that has been having
problems lately. I don't know what the problem is. He stumbles like
he is drunk. He is about 15 pounds.

About a week ago he started to favor his front right paw like it was
hurt. However, he didn't do anything to warrant favoring his leg.

We brought him to the Vet two days ago and he was given an anti-
inflammatory (doggy motrin) to take twice a day. They also took
blood/stool/urine and called me yesterday. All the testing they did
turned up normal levels except a slight increase in protein in the
urine.

If you can stand to download a large .MOV file - I made a video of him
stumbling. http://www.afplaza.com/user/100_2127.MOV

When he was in to see the vet - she said there was no back problems
that she could see. He favored the paw once in the office. The rest
of the time he walked just fine. The vet said that dogs will do that
because it is someplace new and they don't think about their problem.

I watched him do this drunk thing about a year ago but I thought he
was just tired because this was his morning pee time that he
stumbled. And it was only that once.

For the last 48 hours he is reluctant to even climb up the one step
into the house and he is not his normal self. He would much rather
lay in a chair. Matter a fact - he will stay upstairs for an hour by
himself and not even want to come down to be with the family. This
would have never happened in the past. But, if I knock on the front
door - the barking starts, hair on the back stands up, and he will
come to the door but he doesn't "attack" the knocking like normal.

I am thinking some sort of paralysis is setting in. When you move
his paws and put some pressure on his joints - there is no pain but he
sure looks drunk when first walks. The staggering is bad at first and
after a minute he gets better but he sure moves slow.

So - any ideas???

Thanks

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I have a question. I have a 7 year old dachshund that has been having
problems lately. I don't know what the problem is. He stumbles like
he is drunk. He is about 15 pounds.

About a week ago he started to favor his front right paw like it was
hurt. However, he didn't do anything to warrant favoring his leg.

We brought him to the Vet two days ago and he was given an anti-
inflammatory (doggy motrin) to take twice a day. They also took
blood/stool/urine and called me yesterday. All the testing they did
turned up normal levels except a slight increase in protein in the
urine.

If you can stand to download a large .MOV file - I made a video of him
stumbling. http://www.afplaza.com/user/100_2127.MOV

When he was in to see the vet - she said there was no back problems
that she could see. He favored the paw once in the office. The rest
of the time he walked just fine. The vet said that dogs will do that
because it is someplace new and they don't think about their problem.

I watched him do this drunk thing about a year ago but I thought he
was just tired because this was his morning pee time that he
stumbled. And it was only that once.

For the last 48 hours he is reluctant to even climb up the one step
into the house and he is not his normal self. He would much rather
lay in a chair. Matter a fact - he will stay upstairs for an hour by
himself and not even want to come down to be with the family. This
would have never happened in the past. But, if I knock on the front
door - the barking starts, hair on the back stands up, and he will
come to the door but he doesn't "attack" the knocking like normal.

I am thinking some sort of paralysis is setting in. When you move
his paws and put some pressure on his joints - there is no pain but he
sure looks drunk when first walks. The staggering is bad at first and
after a minute he gets better but he sure moves slow.

So - any ideas???

Take him to another vet for another opinion.

flick 100785


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flick wrote:
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I have a question. I have a 7 year old dachshund that has been having
problems lately. I don't know what the problem is. He stumbles like
he is drunk. He is about 15 pounds.

About a week ago he started to favor his front right paw like it was
hurt. However, he didn't do anything to warrant favoring his leg.

We brought him to the Vet two days ago and he was given an anti-
inflammatory (doggy motrin) to take twice a day. They also took
blood/stool/urine and called me yesterday. All the testing they did
turned up normal levels except a slight increase in protein in the
urine.

If you can stand to download a large .MOV file - I made a video of him
stumbling. http://www.afplaza.com/user/100_2127.MOV

When he was in to see the vet - she said there was no back problems
that she could see. He favored the paw once in the office. The rest
of the time he walked just fine. The vet said that dogs will do that
because it is someplace new and they don't think about their problem.

I watched him do this drunk thing about a year ago but I thought he
was just tired because this was his morning pee time that he
stumbled. And it was only that once.

For the last 48 hours he is reluctant to even climb up the one step
into the house and he is not his normal self. He would much rather
lay in a chair. Matter a fact - he will stay upstairs for an hour by
himself and not even want to come down to be with the family. This
would have never happened in the past. But, if I knock on the front
door - the barking starts, hair on the back stands up, and he will
come to the door but he doesn't "attack" the knocking like normal.

I am thinking some sort of paralysis is setting in. When you move
his paws and put some pressure on his joints - there is no pain but he
sure looks drunk when first walks. The staggering is bad at first and
after a minute he gets better but he sure moves slow.

So - any ideas???

Take him to another vet for another opinion.

Yep. It sounds like the vet isn't listening to your description
of his behavioral change.

And try to get a video that shows the problem more effectively
than the one that you posted. (If I hadn't read your post first,
I'd have thought the dog was scared or intimidated because
someone was yelling at him.) Try getting him to move by calling
him with excitement and play in your voice, not command and
control. Try enticing with food or a favorite toy. You may have
to tape a bunch of times to get a clip that really shows the
problem.

When Chile threw her back out I had a hard time convincing the
vet that there was a problem, because all she was doing was
standing in a hunched over position, shaking. That was the
SYMPTOM, and it was unusual for her - but to the vet it just
looked like a scared Chihuahua. (An X-ray told a different story.)

I hope your find the answers for your little guy.

FurPaw

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