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Topic: Need goods thought - My dog is in bad shape
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hurtbs
♀ 10866
Member # 10866 |  Posted: 1:44 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 |     |
My big baby girl (9.5 year old mastiff) is having hind leg problems. She had this issue last Fall and vet thought it was a minor stroke. She suddenly struggles with being able use her back right leg and her back left leg is also week. She cannot correct her toes (when you curl them under). When I touch her leg, hip, and back she does not react as though it is painful. She doesn't want to walk at all - usually when a dog injures a leg then can do the three legged hobble.
I have an appointment at her vet in an hour. This came on suddenly and progressively became worse. Maybe it's an injury, maybe musculo-skeletal. Not sure. Really worried. Please, keep me in your thoughts. At 9.5 years she is a "senior mastiff" but has been in exceptional health until the incident in the Fall and now. I'm really worried that this is very serious... waiting is the worst part! Image below (she's the big baby girl on the right)
Me BW Him XSAWH
DDays 2006, and then numerous more
Divorced 2012
"In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate." - Asimov
"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you." - Ovid
Posts: 15606 | Registered: Jun 2006 |
Jrazz
♀ 31349
Member # 31349 |  Posted: 1:57 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Poor sweet girl. Sending good thoughts for you both.
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." - Deeply Scared's mom
Posts: 29076 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: California |
Edith
♀ 38337
Member # 38337 | | Posted: 1:57 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Oh she is beautiful! And her sibling is as well. I will keep you in my prayers. Please keep us posted.
E.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. John 1:5
Posts: 567 | Registered: Feb 2013 |
Deeply Scared
♀ 2
Member # 2 | | Posted: 1:59 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Doggie prayers and good thoughts headed your way!
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
Posts: 210060 | Registered: May 2002 |
TheRealDeal
♀ 39560
Member # 39560 | | Posted: 2:09 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Good thoughts and prayers are being sent your way. (((hurtbs)))
Me (BS): 47 him (Xws): 55
together 18 years
DDay1, DDay2, Dday 3: March - June 2013
Dday4 + June 2015 through January 2016
Status: done I called it quits 1-6-2016
The hardest part of letting go is realizing there wasn't much left to hold on to
Posts: 481 | Registered: Jun 2013 | From: Northeast |
lieshurt
♀ 14003
Member # 14003 | | Posted: 2:18 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sending good thoughts and lots of mojo for your sweet baby!
A wise woman once said "fuck this shit" and she lived happily ever after.
If you want them to quit stabbing you in the back, then you need to quit handing them the knife.
Posts: 16787 | Registered: Mar 2007 | From: Houston |
deeplysad
♀ 16590
Member # 16590 | | Posted: 2:22 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
She is very beautiful...sending positive thoughts.
Me: BW - I'm much too young to feel this damn old
Him: FWH - Midlife crisis with a pathetic porn wannabe
D-Day: August 2004; Lots of false R until February 2005.
It takes all kinds of kinds....Miranda Lambert
Posts: 3406 | Registered: Oct 2007 | From: So Calif |
FaithFool
♀ 20150
Member # 20150 | | Posted: 2:25 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sweet faces, both of them. Sending mojo.
DDay: June 15, 2008
Mistakenly married Mr. Superfreak
20 years of OWs, WTF?
Divorced Dec 26, 2011
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget
to sing in the lifeboats". -- Voltaire
Posts: 20570 | Registered: Jul 2008 | From: Canada |
Charity411
♀ 41033
Member # 41033 | | Posted: 2:30 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
They are beauties. My good thoughts and prayers are on the way.
Posts: 803 | Registered: Oct 2013 | From: Illinois |
k9lover1
♀ 8531
Member # 8531 | | Posted: 2:55 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sending good thoughts your way. Such beautiful animals and I'll bet they are great companions and loved very much.
D-Day was 10/9/05
He promised NC. He lied. After 4 chances, I kicked him out 1/05/06.
Since then I have survived cancer surgery and a heart attack.
Now he's sorry, but it's too late.
Posts: 8164 | Registered: Oct 2005 | From: Wisconsin |
Faithful w/Love
♀ 33128
Member # 33128 | | Posted: 2:59 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sending strength and good positive mojo your sweet girls way.
She is so beautiful. I love big dogs.
BS(ME)41 WH(HIM)38
DD 21 and DS 16
Separated Aug 2012
Moved back home Oct 31 2013
Separated again June 2014. Heading toward divorce.
False R. Still Lying.
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is all you have left"
Posts: 2944 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
metamorphisis
♀ 12041
Member # 12041 | | Posted: 3:43 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Oh I just want to give her a snuggle  . She's beautiful hurtbs. Sending all my mojo that she feels better soon.
Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
Posts: 52073 | Registered: Sep 2006 |
Rebreather
♀ 30817
Member # 30817 | | Posted: 3:52 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
My very best thoughts for your big, beautiful girl.
Me BS
Him WH
2 ddays in '07
Rec'd.
"The cure for the pain, is the pain." -Rumi
Posts: 8010 | Registered: Jan 2011 |
ThoughtIKnewYa
♀ 18449
Member # 18449 | | Posted: 4:01 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Awwww... she's GORGEOUS! Sending good thoughts to you both!
Posts: 12215 | Registered: Mar 2008 |
hurtbs
♀ 10866
Member # 10866 | | Posted: 4:01 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Vet is nearly positive it's hip dysplasia. They gave me a referral to an orthopedic surgeon (can't see her until the end of next week) :/ Apparently, hip dysplasia cane have a sudden onset of symptoms. Shocking that it was never seen in her before now (9.5 years old). At her age, surgery is not really feasible so I guess I will be pursuing medical management. They gave me a ton of pills - pain killers, NSAIDs, and some Glucosomine (which I will wait to add to her diet until she can go to the bathroom without discomfort - don't want her getting diarrhea on herself).
Such a pricy problem...
Me BW Him XSAWH
DDays 2006, and then numerous more
Divorced 2012
"In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate." - Asimov
"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you." - Ovid
Posts: 15606 | Registered: Jun 2006 |
luvbug0915
♀ 22934
Member # 22934 | | Posted: 5:33 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sending positive mojo that the meds help your baby girl.
"I haven't stopped looking for the good in people. I've just accepted the fact that I'm not always going to find it."-Patti LaBelle
Posts: 1196 | Registered: Feb 2009 | From: Metro Atlanta |
Sad in AZ
♀ 24239
Member # 24239 | | Posted: 5:36 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Awww...poor baby. I hope you can find a way to make her comfortable. I know what it's like to have an unwell mastiff; they are such wonderful fur babies.
You are important and you matter. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. Your story matters. Your life matters. Always.
Me: FBS (no longer betrayed nor a spouse)-62
Him: WXH-62
D-day: 2007 (two years before finding SI)
S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
Posts: 25261 | Registered: Jun 2009 | From: Arizona |
jo2love
♀ 31528
Member # 31528 | | Posted: 5:52 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
Sending mojo and good thoughts. I hope the meds and orthopedic can help. Your dogs are beautiful.
Posts: 50116 | Registered: Mar 2011 |
lieshurt
♀ 14003
Member # 14003 | | Posted: 6:09 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
I keep coming back to look at your baby. Her face is so sweet. How could anybody not want to snuggle with her and your other baby all of the time? 
A wise woman once said "fuck this shit" and she lived happily ever after.
If you want them to quit stabbing you in the back, then you need to quit handing them the knife.
Posts: 16787 | Registered: Mar 2007 | From: Houston |
hexed
♀ 19258
Member # 19258 | | Posted: 6:14 PM, June 3rd (Tuesday), 2014 | |
lots and lots of mojo!
But that's just a lot of water
Underneath a bridge I burned
And there's no use in backtracking
Around corners I have turned
“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.” -foulton oursler
Posts: 9593 | Registered: Apr 2008 |
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