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| Whiteboy - 2014-05-16 10:13 AM
Talked to the vet again this morning. We are going to pull blood while it is happening next time, and check for abnormalities.  Thanks for all the advice on things to check out. Much appreciated!
Check for CK levels,
and ask the vet to test for lupus ( can't remember the test, but as per my vet there are more dogs that have the disease then we think, dogs were actually the lab rats for the human medication. In Canada the test is 50.00. ). Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can effect any system in the body, my bull mastiff has it, his affects his skin, he is on a human med that costs me 30/month
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| I have a 4 yr old blue merle aussie who does the same thing! He is OBSESSED with the frisbie, but if he plays too long or for consecutive days he will not be able to walk. He will be fine one day and then the next he will want you carry him outside to go to the bathroom, which is not such a small task with a stocky 50-60 lb dog! He is always worse in the morning, and will get better through out the day. Each morning is better than the one before it, but worse than the night before and will last about 3-4 days. Then he will be fine. He will have a hard time getting up and moving and just seems like everything is sore and just hurts. We have not been able to narrow down the cause ourselves either! |
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  That's White "Man" to You
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| KMP - 2014-05-16 10:26 AM I have a 4 yr old blue merle aussie who does the same thing! He is OBSESSED with the frisbie, but if he plays too long or for consecutive days he will not be able to walk. He will be fine one day and then the next he will want you carry him outside to go to the bathroom, which is not such a small task with a stocky 50-60 lb dog! He is always worse in the morning, and will get better through out the day. Each morning is better than the one before it, but worse than the night before and will last about 3-4 days. Then he will be fine. He will have a hard time getting up and moving and just seems like everything is sore and just hurts. We have not been able to narrow down the cause ourselves either!
That sound just like mine. Hopefully we can find answers that will help you also. |
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Location: In a happy place | Hope you get some answers soon. |
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| When it first started happening, a couple years ago, I was told it was something similar to shin splints in a human. Which made sense to me as it had appeared to be only certain legs he would limp on. In the past year when he has had an "episode" it appears like his whole body is sore and nothing can really be narrowed down. I will have to think about everyone's advice on here and speak with my vet! Hopefully we can get it narrowed down, I just want to know what is wrong so I can do whatever I can to make him comfortable during an "episode" or prevent them from happeneing. He always looks so sad :( |
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That's White "Man" to You
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| The problem has been solved. The blood tests never really showed anything too abnormal. We changed his food to a high protein food and changed from feeding twice a day to once in the morning. He is now a happy camper! Just thought I'd share. |
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