My 11 year old bassett hound has just literally dropped on us. She has been slowing down and we knew something was off with her but was putting it down to old age. Last night she just dragged herself around and looked exhausted. This morning she could barely stand and her back legs were either left behind or they flopped to the side and she fell over.
A trip to vets and she is arthritic and has some nerve damage. The vet put her back paws upside down and she just stayed there, her front ones she flipped back immediately. She has put her on some pain relief and wants to see her Tuesday but I get the feeling she thinks the hound is at the end of life.
She hadn't moved all day until after we had had tea, she dragged herself to the back door but didn't do any business but then did manage to eat something, first today which is so unlike her. She is back in her bed, shaking and occasionally whimpering.
IS there anything that I should or shouldn't do with her?
A couple of weeks ago she was jumping around and doing circuits of the garden, now she looks like she is on deaths door.
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Debs75 · 21/04/2013 20:46
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