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Not from walking but I once pulled a back muscle severely while chasing my dog down the street. It was a male mini schnauzer and once his nose hit the ground his ears stopped working. I also had to get 1 stitch from a tooth bite from Molly. She was arguing/fighting with her sister and as I went to pull them apart Mollys tooth went to the skin between two of my fingers. Left a decent hole which needed the stitch. Copped a tetanus shot at the same time.

QCAT may be able to help. Money was owed to me over a different type of dog issue and that’s the road I took. It’s a complicated system but we got there in the end. Good luck

I’m just wondering if anyones dog has ever suffered from IVDD. We were, until today looking after my sons French bulldog Rocko. They have been overseas for the past month and we had Rocko with us. He is 4 years old. He can be quite boisterous but we try not to get him overly excited because he then gets too rough for Molly. She likes him when he’s rather calm. So do we. Haha Anyway, on Wednesday I spent most of the day outside gardening while both dogs casually followed me around or just laid about on their beds in the sun. That night Rocko went to bed perfectly fine. He sleeps in a crate with the door shut. We never hear a peep out of him. Thursday morning when I went to let him out he didn’t really seem interested. I encouraged him out but as he got out of the crate I could see he wasn’t really putting much weight on one of his back legs. At first I thought he’d probably been laying on it but as I encouraged him outside I could see he just didn’t want to walk. Both legs weren’t real good. He’d take 2 steps and sit. He eventually peed and I took him back inside. He didn’t want breakfast either. During the day I got him outside a few times to toilet but each time I had to lift him to stand. Once up he’d walk but was very wobbly and I needed to support him. We got a vet appointment that afternoon and after she checked him over she thought he may have IVDD. He’s never had a back issue before and I can honestly say he didn’t do anything stupid while here. She prescribed gaberpentin twice a day with complete bed rest except for on lead toilet breaks. That was easy as he didn’t want to move anyway. Friday he was very much out of it. Very sleepy and quiet. Still not using his legs real good. I had to hand feed him and I was using a syringe to get water into him as he wouldn’t eat or drink by himself. Very upsetting to see him like that but by Friday night I could finally see slight improvement. By Saturday he had improved more and finally started to eat and drink and could walk longer. He was still wobbly but there was improvement. This morning when we opened the crate he walked straight out and was 95% his old self. Eating, drinking, toileting and walking about and walking so much better. My son arrived mid morning and got a very nice happy welcome home from him and he could hardly tell that there was anything wrong with him. Im just rather curious. From what I read IVDD could take weeks to get better. We are guessing the vet was right but I guess she couldn’t be 100% as no tests were done. She could feel a sore spot on his lower back though. My son will take him to his vet and get him checked as a precaution. I’m thinking his miraculous recovery could be due to getting him to the vet and checked out quickly plus I made sure he got the rest and care he needed. He’s been quite spoilt actually. His day bed was in front of the fireplace and his crate was put in the lounge room with the aircon on all night to keep him warm and comfortable as it’s been absolutely freezing here. And of course he obviously responded well to the medication. We do understand that the medication could be masking a problem but as I said he will be checked over by his vet. Just interested to hear other stories or thoughts.

I feel terribly sorry for this poor woman. Nobody deserves treatment like that but I for one would never confront anyone while on my own. You never know who you could be up against

She’s so gorgeous

That was my first thought too. What did the kid do to the dog?

Adrienne, I do have to agree. Everyone seems to believe they own the ‘perfect’ dog.

And a very naive owner. ( to be polite)

That is just so very wrong

Sandgrubber, they are the best vets we’ve been to in years. Cannot fault them in anyway. We always feel like we’ve been treated properly and they are always keen to listen and talk. And best of all they think Molly is a super little dog.

Our vet has a pet club which sounds the same. I pay $45 a month and all consultations are free plus 2 free after hours consultations. Vaccinations are free, 10% off all products, 1 free blood test, urine test and an X-ray per year. Plus other things as well. I joined years ago and it works well. I always work out how much I would have spent and paying the $45 monthly always works out cheaper. Having free consultations is great. At different times we’ve been backwards and forwards to the vet and gosh knows how much would have been spent. I love it

Such a beautiful boy. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Good on you Albert. Seems like you got your own way. Congratulations on the first day of the rest of your happy life.

Tdierikx, her diarrhoea was just dark liquid with smallish blood like jelly blobs ( for want of a better description) That happened approx twice and then it was just brown and very runny. Happy to say she’s back to being firm now. She’s eating well and seems back to normal in every way. Yay. She will be on the monthly heartworm from next year now. I’ll probably use Nexgard Spectra ( I’ll do lots of research before finally making a definite decision though) I give her Nexgard for flea and tick prevention. That’s why I’m thinking of Nexgard spectra as she’s had no problems with the Nexgard product. She only gets that though when I know we are going camping and that there may be the possibility of ticks around other than that I don’t use anything. As for the heartworm I’ll definitely just be using it during the summer months.

Rebanne can I ask a question? Why do you stop heartworm meds when your dogs reaches 10 years of age?