Don't know where to begin I'm in total shock...but this morning my almost 5 year old chocolate male and I went for a walk, everything was fine, typical morning out for us. We got to a nice field and I tossed a ball a couple times with the chuck-it, he ran out and retrieved it very happy and eager to go. Typical. On the third or forth toss he ran out and collapsed right at the ball. Howling, biting at his hind quarters. OH CRAP I thought, a broken leg in a gopher hole. I dropped everything ran out there to check, no gopher hole, but his two back legs were completely limp! I picked him up and rushed him back to the truck and headed off to the vet which was about 20 minutes away.
We got to the vet and they took him right in, discussed the event and possible causes and to be completely honest at this point I don't even know what they said. My mind was a is still a complete blur I'm trying to reconstruct everything in my head but Ive got nothing. Everything was completely normal. He's in good shape, 72 pounds and gets plenty of exercise. Eating/drinking regularly.
Right now he's loaded up on drugs, going for X-rays, and a bunch of testing. The Vet suggested arthritis but personally thats a stretch for me. theres ZERO feeling in his hind legs. The only other thing I can remember the vet saying was we may have to think about alternative measures and that was the kick in the gut that I was not prepared for. As for symptoms the rear left leg seems to hang straight, but both are numb, and he can't stand on either, on the top of his left hip it does seem tender to touch. Maybe out of joint? pinched nerve? I have no idea!
So right now, I'm sitting here waiting for test results and specialists to check him out. They tell me the results should be back in a few hours.
Anybody ever seen anything like this before?
We got to the vet and they took him right in, discussed the event and possible causes and to be completely honest at this point I don't even know what they said. My mind was a is still a complete blur I'm trying to reconstruct everything in my head but Ive got nothing. Everything was completely normal. He's in good shape, 72 pounds and gets plenty of exercise. Eating/drinking regularly.
Right now he's loaded up on drugs, going for X-rays, and a bunch of testing. The Vet suggested arthritis but personally thats a stretch for me. theres ZERO feeling in his hind legs. The only other thing I can remember the vet saying was we may have to think about alternative measures and that was the kick in the gut that I was not prepared for. As for symptoms the rear left leg seems to hang straight, but both are numb, and he can't stand on either, on the top of his left hip it does seem tender to touch. Maybe out of joint? pinched nerve? I have no idea!
So right now, I'm sitting here waiting for test results and specialists to check him out. They tell me the results should be back in a few hours.
Anybody ever seen anything like this before?
