Hi all,
Before I start, dog was being treated by a vet, but we are grasping for answers as my vet has not got any idea, wondering if anyone has dealt with something similar or has any ideas.
My 3 year old whippet appeared to be sore in the hind end, mostly in one rear leg, at first seemed like she had jumped the fence and landed wrong and strained a muscle, but she became reluctant to move, wont get out of bed on her on unless she has no other choice, at times she yelps and waits for someone to come assist her out of bed/off the couch, she lies around all day, only moves if she has to.
First vet did x-rays and told me part of her spine (sacrum area) hadn't formed correctly on one side, so whenever she over does it she will come up sore, so no running/jumping, gave me pain killers/anti inflammatorys to give her when she has over done it and is visibly sore.
However after 2/3 weeks she had lost 1kg and was in no way better, at times worse so took her to a second vet, she checked the x-rays the first vet had done and thinks that they weren't taken correctly or on the right angles, so took 2 more and ruled out the diagnosis vet number 1 had given, she does have slight spinal problems, but not severe enough to cause the kind of problems the dog has.
So we have taken bloods, a urinalysis and faecal float, all we have found is a high(ish) white blood cell count and she is anemic when tested on a greyhounds scale but completely within the limits when on a "normal dog" scale
She went from being atleast 15 (i think 18) kg's down to 8/9kgs all together
She was given a cortisone injection and she came good and was back to herself for a few days, however declined again once it wore off, she did start to regain her lost weight, she picked up with her walking/getting up a bit better at standing but she still cant run, limps when she first stands, she sleeps all day only gets up to eat/go to the toilet and has once again lost all her gained weight and is skin and bone again
This year she is shedding like crazy, im not sure if it has to do with whats wrong with her but she has not lost hair like this before (not going bald just loosing lots)
I will be taking her back to the vets later this week
sorry for the essay and hope it all makes sense
