I hope he's doing better soon. You just have to take a wait and see
treatment with these things. Sometimes they heal up on their own with lots
of care and rest.

Buddy had some neurological problems in December and I really thought we
were going to loose him. He went from walking wobbly and dragging one leg
to dragging both his back legs in less then 24 hours. With pain meds, a
couple courses of prednisone, and rest with leash walking only he finally
got better.

I try to keep him from jumping and keep him off the stairs so we don't
aggravate it but he still occasionally has some minor dragging of the one
leg. The best thing we did was to get some weight off him it really helps
tremendously.

Good luck with him and keep us posted.

Celeste


"ceb" wrote in message
...
My poor little guy seems to have a back injury. We made a midnight run to
the emergency vet because he seemed to be breathing funny -- sharp
intakes of breath, probably (according to the dr) because of pain. She
shot him up with pain meds and he is on Rimadyl for 10 days and is
supposed to rest for 3 weeks. So far he's sleeping under the bed and
walking a bit with a sad droopy tail, very un-Pom like. I'll need to
crate him when he starts feeling better to make sure he doesn't re-injure
it.

My own vet said that watching and waiting is their recommendation at this
time, and we'll do x-rays if he doesn't improve. Let's hope he does, and
this doesn't turn out to be chronic (back problems are common in poms).

The e-vet also guessed his age to be around 8, about double what other
vets and the rescue group have guessed, but more in keeping with what
I've always thought.

I feel worried and sad.

--
Catherine
& Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes
& Rosalie the calico cat
www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com

Spot wrote:

I try to keep him from jumping and keep him off the stairs so we don't
aggravate it

By the time Chile had her back problems (age 14), she wasn't able
to jump up onto furniture and the bed, and we had created "steps"
for her and Gordo to use. They still leaped straight off onto
the ground. (In retrospect, that wasn't such a good idea. If
they can't jump up that high, they shouldn't be jumping down
either.) So we removed the steps so that they wouldn't be on
furniture unsupervised. They still managed to take a few flying
leaps, but with no further injuries. Our house is one story, so
we didn't have to block off stairs. And we put ramps on the
steps outside.

but he still occasionally has some minor dragging of the one
leg. The best thing we did was to get some weight off him it really helps
tremendously.

It sounds like Buddy is doing much better.

FurPaw

--
The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

Buddy is doing a whole lot better.

He's resigned himself to the fact that he has to use only the dog ramp to go
off the porch although he occasionally sneaks back up the outside stairs
when I'm not looking. We've gaited off the upstairs and make sure he stays
downstairs now to. He never was much of a dog to hang out upstairs with us
but he'd come up to get me when he had to go out. He's learned to instead
to whine at the bottom of the stairs if he has to go and occasionally he
will bark for me if I'm upstairs.

Celeste



"FurPaw" wrote in message
news
Spot wrote:

I try to keep him from jumping and keep him off the stairs so we don't
aggravate it

By the time Chile had her back problems (age 14), she wasn't able to jump
up onto furniture and the bed, and we had created "steps" for her and
Gordo to use. They still leaped straight off onto the ground. (In
retrospect, that wasn't such a good idea. If they can't jump up that
high, they shouldn't be jumping down either.) So we removed the steps so
that they wouldn't be on furniture unsupervised. They still managed to
take a few flying leaps, but with no further injuries. Our house is one
story, so we didn't have to block off stairs. And we put ramps on the
steps outside.

but he still occasionally has some minor dragging of the one leg. The
best thing we did was to get some weight off him it really helps
tremendously.

It sounds like Buddy is doing much better.

FurPaw

--
The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

"ceb" wrote in message
...
My poor little guy seems to have a back injury. We made a midnight run to
the emergency vet because he seemed to be breathing funny -- sharp
intakes of breath, probably (according to the dr) because of pain. She
shot him up with pain meds and he is on Rimadyl for 10 days and is
supposed to rest for 3 weeks. So far he's sleeping under the bed and
walking a bit with a sad droopy tail, very un-Pom like. I'll need to
crate him when he starts feeling better to make sure he doesn't re-injure
it.

My own vet said that watching and waiting is their recommendation at this
time, and we'll do x-rays if he doesn't improve. Let's hope he does, and
this doesn't turn out to be chronic (back problems are common in poms).

The e-vet also guessed his age to be around 8, about double what other
vets and the rescue group have guessed, but more in keeping with what
I've always thought.

I feel worried and sad.

--
Catherine
& Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes
& Rosalie the calico cat
www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com

Awww poor little guy. Sending good thoughts your way.

Kathy

montana wildhack wrote in
news:2008061317381216807-montana@wildhackcominvalid:

On 2008-06-13 17:04:52 -0400, ceb said:

That whole "traditional dances of Pomerania" description engaged my
imagination in more ways than I care to admit, but it included a
whole costumed culture...


Hmmm... tell me more...

Think of Czech/Balkan/Russian "folk" costumes and stir in a large
amount of Munchkinland flavor from the movie of The Wizard of Oz.

And yes, the interesting hats did play a part.



Max would look quite stunning in this sort of get-up.

--
Catherine
& Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes
& Rosalie the calico cat
www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com

"kat" wrote in news:k_-
lnet:

Awww poor little guy. Sending good thoughts your way.


Thanks, everyone. I really appreciate the well-wishes. He did perk up by
Saturday, which was nice to see. I'm carting him around a lot so that he
doesn't jump up and down so much, and putting his food down first so that
he doesn't dance -- sad! but possibly what he was after all along...

I finally managed to record him doing his grumbling routine at passers-
by; if you go to my blog you can watch it. The sound quality is not the
best but you get the idea.

--
Catherine
& Zoe, Queenie, & Max, 3 black dogs of varying sizes
& Rosalie the calico cat
www.ourladyofperfection.blogspot.com

"Beth In Alaska" wrote in message
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Tok, the happiest go-luckiest keeshond in the world had a back injury
several years ago - he wouldnt' turn his neck and limped on and off.. He
was like you are describing your pom - droopy sad and he hardly moved all
summer long. My doctor suggested what you suggested - wait and see. And
we did. And massage too! I massaged his neck frequently and we
considered accupuncture (but decided he was too skittish) and after a
couple of months he was active again and now, without a bigger dog
wrestling him down, he appears completely pain free. We still massage
regularly. In any case, he appears to be completely well and healthy at
this point. I encourage you to consider acupuncture if you have a vet who
can do this nearby and your dog has an appropriate temperment. And
massage!!


I used massage on Murphy quite regularly as she aged. She pulled her hip,
and began limping really badly one Saturday night. We took her straight
into the emergency vet, must have been close to 10:00 pm. The vet gave her
a good exam, and said she didn't think it was anything other than a pulled
muscle/a strain, etc. That was when I began giving her massages. It worked
wonders on her. If she did begin to limp again, over the last few years of
her life, a good, long massage would have her walking without the limp again
in just a few hours. But I found with regular massages, she seldom had any
serious problems with her hip. We also gave her Joint Effort Plus, a
supplement from Foster and Smith.

Hope Max is doing much better!


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