Dog has loss controll of rear end

[jrob1942]

A friend call about a five year old male he has that is down in his hips. He has no controll over either leg. All came on suddently. Any suggestions as to what might be the problem?

[allniter]

he has a back trouble slip disk -or he has coon hound paralysis--this is seen in coon hounds more than other breeds

[foxxy]

explain the coon hound thing please

[sammiller03]

coon hound paralysis comes from the syliva of a coon .. dogs mainley catch it from fighting a coon. makes them loose control of their body.. my buddy had a male plot get it and we built a sling to put him in and kept him in the basement and he pulled through.. really lost his voice and if i ever have it happen again i'll probably just put the dog down..

sam

[mike crabtree]

Ive seen the anal glans get so infected that a dog is weak and wobbly in the back end, but not total loss of control.

[swamp boy]

A couple years ago I had adog go down in his hips all he could do was drag,took him to the vet and he said he had a slip disk. He gave him a shot and put him on some pills for inflamation so it could go back into place.It got better but never got 100%.

[Incahoots]

I have had 2 seperate females that lost total control of hind legs due to lyme. The vet was convinced it was a disk but it wasn't. I'd see a vet as there could be several valid causes by the time you troubleshoot it could be much worse.