Weak back legs - Page 2

Oak Tree is not backyard. That is the people with signs in their yard and in the paper. Steve tried talking me out of a Mal

Please see advice however, he is very active fun loving and naughty. Please guide me

Vicky

You need to start a separate thread about your pup, and give lots more information.

BM1, why would you even think what you said would be of any help or comfort to the OP? Or were you intentionally being cruel? How would you feel if this were your puppy? The pupose of this board forum is to attempt to help GSD owners and it's called GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG, not all breeds or Belgian Malinois. Move on to the off topic forum where anything goes, that is more your speed.

Vicky, have you tried to feed more frequent meals and adding some glucose (Karo) to his diet? Some puppies this age are very prone to low blood sugar, it is not unusual.  I once had an entire litter that the mother neglected and I had to bottle feed.  I was working fulltime and could not feed them every 3, 4 hours as 3 weeks old pups should have been and they began to seizure. I made arrangements for them to be fed every 3 hours while I was working and they stopped seizuring. When they were eating on their own, I allowed them to self feed until they went to their new homes. You can't know how this breeder raised these little guys and based on the fact that she sold you this pup when he was only 6 weeks old,  you have to assume the worst, that they may not have been properly fed from day one. You need to play catch up now.

This may or may not be the result of low  blood sugar, but it's a relatively simple issue to prove and correct,  and it's not harmful to the dog to feed him frequently, so don't overlook the obvious. Feed him frequent, small meals, add  a little Karo and observe him after he eats. Keep a log of his activities and note if anything specific happens before he has these episodes.

As far as deworming him without a fecal first, I wouldn't do that more than once. I am not a dog owner who believes that dogs need to be routinely dewormed unless they actually have worms as shown with a fecal. All worm meds are poisons; the last thing any dog, especially a puppy like yours, needs is to be given worm meds that he doesn't need. I realize that's not a popular plan with most here and it's up to them what they do with their own dogs. I just don't think it's a great idea to bombard an unhealthy puppy with worm meds unless you are sure he needs them. I would have a fecal done on him every 10 days or so, deworm only if necessary. After 3 negative checks, you could probably do it less freqently, say once a month, then every other month, etc.

Good luck with him. If you have confidence in  your vet, that's important. However if  he or she doesn't seem concerned about your fears, then I would probably find another vet. Puppies tend to go down hill pretty fast so you want to do all for him you can.

How many times have we seen rears like this on a young GSD puppy? He has a lot of angulation.

Never claimed to be an expert. I just don't like the way the GSD has gone over the years. They are still sweet but the ones I see at the dog park always look like it hurts just to walk. I hate it.