My older GSD was 9 in October and he's had a couple of what I'd describe as 'wobbly moments' in the last couple of months. The first-time, his right hind leg crossed his left as he went out for a wee and he nearly fell. Two days later he did the same and did fall, but managed to get up and seemed fine immediately. There was no limping either before or after.Took him off to the vet; as he hadn't done it since it wasn't easy to diagnose. He was slow to put his right hind foot straight when manually knuckled over. Vet thought possibly a degenerating disk in his spine, but DM is a possibility. He had gabapentin, rest then controlled exercise. He has arthritic hips but vet ruled that out as aI as cause.After nothing for a couple of months he had another wobble after getting up from a sleep. Exactly the same as above, quick improvement, hasn't happened again.There is no change to his stance or gait. I've noticed he's scratching a lot but not sure if it's related. He has a heart murmur so we can't put him out for x rays, and I don't think we would put him through an op for that reason. The vet said without a video there's not much we can do to diagnose. Anyone got any experience of either disk trouble or DM at early onset to give us an idea of what to look for? Realise this is next to useless compared to a full diagnosis but as that's not possible at the moment I'm trying to get an ieidea of likely progression and how long we might get with him. Also it's given me something to do besides worry!
01-08-2018, 03:20 AM
Degenerative myelopathy or disk problem. GSD
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