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[rabbit runner]

My Hunting Partner has a 3 year old beagle after a recent outing with the dog it now has trouble walkin some days. it hind legs some days just dont' work the vet said it may be some type of spinal damage but was not excatly sure he gave the dog a patch to use for three weeks but problem still exist. some days dog is doing back flips other days it can hardly walk
anyone ever heared of this or know what it is. and if so a cure or suggestions on what to do would be much appreciated

[Beagleman973]

A buddy of mine had a lab that had similar problems. His vet told him it was some kind of partial, temporary paralysis. If memory serves me he said it was "coon dog paralysis" I'll ask my friend, but I seem to think they treated the dog with some steroids and shortly it was back to normal. He said the vet told him this was a common problem with some breeds, had more to do with rapid growth than anything else. Never heard of something like this with beagles tho. I personally would check into arthritus as a cause, as well as hip dysplasia. One other thing to possibly rule could be Lyme disease if you have deer ticks in your area. It manifests as arthritus and the hound could have been infected in the summer or fall, and it is just now manifesting.

[bowhunter59]

does it ACT IN PAIN?MY FRIEND HAS A DOG THAT LIFTS A LEG FOR 1 DAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY MAY RAISE THE OTHER HE SAYS SHE DONT KNOW WHICJH LEG IS HURT LOL !OR MAybe it is something in the hips botheres more in one hip than the other on givin days?but she sure can run a rabbit no matter which leg is lifted!

[rabbit runner]

hips have been ruled out

[show dog]

Is the dog developing muscle spasms? Run your figure gently along the side of the spine bones, do one side at a time. If the muscles twitch or coat crawls, muscle spasms are your problem. You then need to massage dog and hot epsom salt towels after heavy exercise. Dog may be building lactic acid in the muscles causing spasms and pain. Check ribs, under front legs and down back legs same way. Twitching indicates muscle spasm. Gentle stretching of front and back legs, supporting joints to help range of motion. My dogs developed problems like this and I ended up at the homeopath. Vet was useless for fine tuning and massages every week too expensive. Gave some remedies and dogs haven't been lame/spasms since. Let us know how it goes.

[Guest]

I had a very similar problem with a beagle but it was chronic once it started. Took him to the vet and did X-rays, they just barely showed damage or misalignment in the vertabre this caused almost total parallisis in the rear the vet mentioned surgury or a chiropractor. I couldn't believe the vet mentioned chiropractor, but since it was way cheaper and less traumatic to the dog , I gave it a try. I couldn't beleive it but after the first week I noticed a difference. We took him as the chiropractor recommended for the next 6 weeks and he made a quite a recovery, I was really surprised. This could be worth trying. I wouldn't walk into the office and ask I don't think they are supposed to treat dogs in their offices. but if you call and ask to speak to the doctor they may arrangements for after office hours.