Dog with hindlimb collapsing
Crow is a 8yo Belgian Shepherd and his rear legs have suddenly started to collapse out from under him. He'll be walking along in the house and bam, the back legs give out and he flops down and stays where he lands. Sometimes he manages to get himself back up, but mostly he needs someone to actually lift up his back end off the floor which allows his rear paws to once again come in contact with the floor. We've placed a carpeted ramp at the back door into the garage to help him get in and out of the house but, even that can give him problems. He also paces through the house most of the night and you can hear him collapse and get up and pace until his back end collapses again. We own a van and a pick-up which he can no longer get into and we can't carry him. It's also been suggested by his groomer that he may have a thyroid problem since he's about thirty pounds overweight but only gets two cups of 'Come and Get It' dry food per day. What do you think his problem could be? |
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