german shepherd not walking all of sudden - Page 5

Prednisone reduces pain.
What was the diagnosis of why prednisone n what are you now treating her for.
What did hip joints look like if vet did X-rays
The inflammation is evidentially in joint or ligaments if all of a sudden prednisone reduced pain
Concerned as what are you treating?vets diagnosis was?

thanks for getting back to us. Finding the real problem and solving the cause is important to all of us. 

I would agree; this is not a problem with worms. Dogs are not paralyzed from needing to be dewormed.

What did the vet say about myasthenia gravis or tendon issues from the Oflox?

dndjas ... keep screwing around with the veterinarian and your dog will die. The veterinarian is treating the symptoms and hasn't got a clue.  I am not going to bother with you any more as you are buying in to the usual BS from a veterinarian industry and that is test, test, test.  A steroid is "perhaps" reducing inflamation but what is causing the inflamation.  Good luck!!  You are going to learn a hard lesson the hard way!!  It costs far less to use Fenbendazole which gets a broad range of internal parasites, giardia, and the unknown pests that veterinarians have not even "discovered" yet rather than piss away $150 on tests for these parasites and then face the reality that the testsa re inconclusive or often wrong.  But that is how so called "modern" medicine works .. instead of eleminating the obvious and inexpensive likely causes first with a quick and harmless treatment .. lets spend $1000 on less than conclusive tests which are open to interpretation.

Sad for the dog. Honestly I am not opposed to selling dogs to other countries, but I would have to think twice only because of the seemingly poor vet care available in many areas of the world. Not all US vets are sterling, but there are very few times that a smart owner can't find a competent vet.

Steroids are band aids that mask diseases, they cure nothing.

Steroids are band aids that mask diseases, they cure nothing..

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I like you Bubba

Blitzen and Silver are right.
Cheuui was put on prednisone until the vet could wait out the IS it Panno or not and when vet did the xrays of whole dog the HD and ED and other was then seen, after a period of shut down of activity
No cure fo the limping as it was ED of Left elbow

Maybe I need to quit reading this as it hurts like hell to not be ab le to get to the problem quick

Whats your favorite Senior Dog diet; supplements and dog foods that you prefer for your German Shepperd. Do you use any supplements or vitamins along with that diet? get those tested from a veteran and ask for his suggestions on how to handle the weakness with in her .

Victor

ALL HER BLOOD TEST AND X-RAY OF ALL LIMBS AND SPINE WAS NORMAL. SHE HAS NO FEVER, AND VOMITING. HER STOOL WAS NORMAL. sHE HAS ONLY RESTRICTED MOBILITY. SHE IS IMPROVING ON STEROIDS AND NOW ATLEAST SHE CAN TAKE FEW STEPS ALSO. THATS GREAT ACHIVMENT FOR ME. I WILL DEWORM HER ON 1ST. I HAVE ENQUIRED ABOUT DEWOMING TO VET AND HE SAID ÄS YOU HAVE ALREADY DEWORMED HER THIS MONTH, SO I WILL SUGGEST YOU TO DEWORM ON 1ST OF SEPTEMBER". IN HIS VIEW, HE SAYS IT DOESNT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM OF ANY WORMS. BUT YES IT CAN HAVE TENDONITIS OR ANY INFLAMMATION WHICH CAN IMPROVE WITH STEROIDS. HE ASKED ME TAPER THE DOSE OF STEROIDS AFTER A WEEK.

FCE, maybe?

have the xrays your vet took sent out to a specialist for them to read.....could it be lumbosacral disease?