Hey all. I have a 12 year old german shep, and recently he's started having troubles getting up and walking, however he can walk once been helped up although he's a little unsteady and sometimes falls. He's booked in vets for tomorrow but I would appreciate any advice of what you think may be our problem . Thanks in advance -Charlotte
Has some good information and links about adequan, etc.
It could be something with his back.
It could be something like a tick disease - if it were me, I would probably do a senior super chem/full blood panel (if it hasn't been done in the past few months) a heartworm/tick test (and maybe a send out tick test depending on where you live - or just do a run of Doxy? I don't know), a fecal and if you want to do a urine test too - sometimes UTIs can cause issues in weird ways.
There are also veterinary physical therapy places, acupuncture, laser, all sorts of things and many are listed in the links in that link. But it will depend on if it's something causing and what that is.
Thank you both for the replies. Sadly our beloved dog was put down today, vet said his back had just gone, could do x rays but he said it wouldn't change outcome and best thing would be to out him down, I really didn't want to but I couldn't let him carry on lying in his own accidents and being generally unhappy. Safe to say I was and still am absolutely devastated, I'm trying to take some comfort in knowing he had a full happy 12 years, brought me so much happiness and went peacefully, right now it's not much of a consolation.
So sorry for your loss. We decided to let Cody go on that last visit to the vet also, hadn't expected to do that either. So hard to let them go, but don't want them to suffer. Hope you keep remembering the good times and love you both have for each other.
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