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Yelping when barely touched
My schnauzer/ golden retr. Mix dog is happy, loving, playful, he plays with our smaller schnauzer and wrestles all day long.
Eating the same.
Sleeping and resting a bit more, lays on cold tile now for past month, rarely comes in the den with us now.
Every night he and I would cuddle on the couch, he won't jump up any more. I tried picking him up and he screamed like crazy, when I touched belly underside and another time under arms, another time supporting his hips while lifting him, screamed, helped loud every time. Even weirder going to pet him, barely touch his hair he yelps, his hips....so weird.
My husband and I today both at different times checked every inch of his body, gently pressing joints, muscles, checked paws, claws, ears.... nothing!
All I can think of obviously is it is something we can't see. Toothache? Hemorrhoids, would worms do this?
If I were to describe in human terms, I would almost guarantee fibromyalgia, but he runs and wrestles all day long with his playmate
Eating the same.
Sleeping and resting a bit more, lays on cold tile now for past month, rarely comes in the den with us now.
Every night he and I would cuddle on the couch, he won't jump up any more. I tried picking him up and he screamed like crazy, when I touched belly underside and another time under arms, another time supporting his hips while lifting him, screamed, helped loud every time. Even weirder going to pet him, barely touch his hair he yelps, his hips....so weird.
My husband and I today both at different times checked every inch of his body, gently pressing joints, muscles, checked paws, claws, ears.... nothing!
All I can think of obviously is it is something we can't see. Toothache? Hemorrhoids, would worms do this?
If I were to describe in human terms, I would almost guarantee fibromyalgia, but he runs and wrestles all day long with his playmate
Our 9wk puppies got into some garbage that was the fridge cleanout bag. They didn't eat yesterday and my husband gave them each a small squirt of pepto and today 3 of 9 were better. The others wouldn't eat this morning and I gave them a few squirts of water to hydrate them. They are very lethargic and obviously not feeling well. Will try the honey water next, any other ideas?
I have a 10 almost 11 year old Beagle he is my buddy and long time pal. Over the past few years he has slowly gone down hill, here within the last year he has started yelping even if you go to brush up against him and dont even touch him, he will walk really slow up and down stairs he will stand and just stair into space like he forgot what he was doing or was going to do. I am worried even his body has gotten to be kind of taunt like a drum if you understand what I mean, you can rub a dog an your hand kind of sinks into their skin and stuff but on him it is like he has a football blown up inside him and your hand dont sink in anylonger. I realize his days are numbered on this planet but I really dont want it to end this soon, Is there a vet out there with any ideas?
Our recent experience, just to throw it out there. So our 15 month old Dal experienced some strange neck/shoulder twitch incidents (lasting 20 min to 1 hour) since August. We thought just a muscle/tendon strain in neck. He would bounce back to what appeared to be completely normal after these bouts that happened the day or night after a play date with another dog.
Last Friday he woke up and deteriorated thruout the day. We couldn't even touch him without him reacting. His back became arched, head down, 104 temp. and could hardly find a good position to lay and hold his head, or even walk. Monday we saw a Neurologist , did MRI and Spinal tap. Diagnosis, SRMA=steroidal responsive meningitis. This means inflammation of the meninges which encases the spinal cord and brain. It was extremely painful and very serious. He is now on a 6 month course of steroids, which makes us sick to give him that long but after extensive research this is the only course of treatment. The steroids taper thruout the 6 months, and there are options to add Cyclosporine part way thru (which I now need to research) to allow us to stop the steroids sooner. Theory is that it's an autoimmune disease in our case, and shutting down the immune system and re-booting is the best course.
Anyways, don't want to scare anyone into thinking their pups have this same meningitis issue, but it is good to be aware of it to maybe throw it out there to your Vets as a possibility.
Best of luck. Our dog is our life and we feel for all of you having to go thru these things.
Last Friday he woke up and deteriorated thruout the day. We couldn't even touch him without him reacting. His back became arched, head down, 104 temp. and could hardly find a good position to lay and hold his head, or even walk. Monday we saw a Neurologist , did MRI and Spinal tap. Diagnosis, SRMA=steroidal responsive meningitis. This means inflammation of the meninges which encases the spinal cord and brain. It was extremely painful and very serious. He is now on a 6 month course of steroids, which makes us sick to give him that long but after extensive research this is the only course of treatment. The steroids taper thruout the 6 months, and there are options to add Cyclosporine part way thru (which I now need to research) to allow us to stop the steroids sooner. Theory is that it's an autoimmune disease in our case, and shutting down the immune system and re-booting is the best course.
Anyways, don't want to scare anyone into thinking their pups have this same meningitis issue, but it is good to be aware of it to maybe throw it out there to your Vets as a possibility.
Best of luck. Our dog is our life and we feel for all of you having to go thru these things.
My 4 year old chihuahua has been acting strange since the morning. I went to pet her and she screamed. She does not let me pick her up or let me give her a belly rub. But with my sister, she lets her give her belly rubs, carry her, and pet her. It could be nerve inflammation, intaverteble disk disease, or static electricity. But it is up to you to find out what is wrong with your dog. Good Luck!
My 4 year old chihuahua has been acting strange since the morning. I went to pet her and she screamed. She does not let me pick her up or let me give her a belly rub. But with my sister, she lets her give her belly rubs, carry her, and pet her. It could be nerve inflammation, intaverteble disk disease, or static electricity. But it is up to you to find out what is wrong with your dog. Good Luck!
I have a 3lb Yorkie.
This started about 3 weeks ago. He is 11 months old. My dog yelps when I barely touch his fur. Yelps when my roommate or myself picks him up. Yelps occasionally if he bends down to pick up a toy. Yelps when I bend down to open up his crate to be let out. Shakes and cowers at random times. Occasionally has difficulty going DOWN the stairs but never up. He used to love to be picked up and held upside down. Sits down funny now, instead of on his butt he is on his haunches, or the balls of his back feet. His poop seems off as well - almost as if he is constipated. Vets can't find anything worng with him and I have taken him to 3 different vets for observation. It's almost as if it is behavioral. He tucks his tail under and pins his ears back and hides under the kitchen table. Though he will play with the other dog in the house (Yorkie/Schnauzer mix) just fine and has energy. The other dog might play a bit rough and he will yelp once but they will continue to play like nothing happened. I am so stressed out as I cannot afford an MRI / CT scan. I don't know what to do.
This started about 3 weeks ago. He is 11 months old. My dog yelps when I barely touch his fur. Yelps when my roommate or myself picks him up. Yelps occasionally if he bends down to pick up a toy. Yelps when I bend down to open up his crate to be let out. Shakes and cowers at random times. Occasionally has difficulty going DOWN the stairs but never up. He used to love to be picked up and held upside down. Sits down funny now, instead of on his butt he is on his haunches, or the balls of his back feet. His poop seems off as well - almost as if he is constipated. Vets can't find anything worng with him and I have taken him to 3 different vets for observation. It's almost as if it is behavioral. He tucks his tail under and pins his ears back and hides under the kitchen table. Though he will play with the other dog in the house (Yorkie/Schnauzer mix) just fine and has energy. The other dog might play a bit rough and he will yelp once but they will continue to play like nothing happened. I am so stressed out as I cannot afford an MRI / CT scan. I don't know what to do.
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