Toby......the immobile German Shepherd - Page 3

Nismo90tt

My father was a veterinarian so I witnessed many issues, including something like  your dog is experiencing.

I wouldn't rule out a brain injury either, since he's moving his feet and wagging his tail.

Unfortunately,  it could be anything, everyone has given you good answers, Have your vet do bloodwork and check his eyes for response. 

My father was a veterinarian so I witnessed many issues, including something like  your dog is experiencing.

I wouldn't rule out a brain injury either, since he's moving his feet and wagging his tail.

Unfortunately,  it could be anything, everyone has given you good answers, Have your vet do bloodwork and check his eyes for response.

We are definitely going to request the bloodwork.  As for the responsive eyes, that is the first thing the vet checked when I took him in there.  I personally saw his pupils get smaller when she shined the light in them.  I know his eyes are responding to light, but I don't know if this means no brain injury.

Ditto on the blood work & lyme test.  I would definitely go for a neuro consult and if suggested a myleogram - x rays don't show disc issues.  Most of the large surgical vet hospitals now accept "Care/credit"  which is a company that offers credit for larger vet bills.   Please keep us posted on your dogs progress. 

Sounds like what a really good friend of mine went through very recently. Chris has taken the dog to a Vet who really could not figure out wat the problem was. Ulstar was dragging his back end one day and out of the clear blue. He was on IV's with this Vet for 3 days and then I suggested he take him to a larger Vet practice who is turn thought of 4 things. It is regretable that "Ulstar von Aducht " had Degenerative Myelopathy and Spondylosis, it was so severe that he was put down. This all happened so quik and Ulstar never showed any symptoms. He wae sadly put down weeks after this.

Perhaps another possibility to look into if everything else comes back negative:  www.stvetspecialists.com/FCEInfo.htm .

I hope it's something that can be treated and your dog makes a full recovery. 

Regards,

Diane Seaman

Nismo,I am so sorry for your little guys situation.Im not sure that this is going to help but a few years ago one of my GSD's got a tumor pushing his spleen.This put him in a state where he could not move at all.Could this little guy have pain and its not showing?Maybe run it by the vet when you go just to at least rule it out.I sincerly wish i could offer more help.I hope that your GSD recovers quickly so you can put this behind you.Good luck and please let us know anything that you find out.

How is Toby doing today?  I think Mri's can go for about 1500 not quite sure.  If you can't afford it all at once explain that to the vet you see.  You def should see a neurologist for him.  Let us know how he is doing

NISMO--

hopefully someone will correct me if Im wrong......but I've always heard that some ticks can get embedded BENEATH the skin where they can't be seen....so i would'nt rule out him having a tick just because one can't be found...not yet atleast....

I really hope your dog gets better....your wife must be a wreck- i know i would be if i had to see my boy in that condition....

tell her were all hoping for the best.......and wish him a speedy recovery...

If it's Lyme disease, you will never see the tick that caused it -- in humans, the only way you can tell is by the "target" rash that develops sometimes but not always.  My husband's brother had Lyme disease, and I had a horse that had it some time ago -- the common denominator was that the symptoms were constanty changing -- my horse was sore, or lame, in different places on different days -- when his personality started to change, that's when I tested for lyme -- my vet did not want to do that and was really doubtful, but lyme disease it was!  Hope your dog can be helped!