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hey fellow Dobe lovers! I am writing this post to let everyone who read and or comment on my previous post about my 1 year 10 month old male Doberman who I love so much! About a month an half ago (for those who hadn't read my previous post) my fiance and I noticed Snoop was having trouble sitting down, his back legs seemed stiff and he was reluctant to run.. only days before then he was completely normal and running about which led us to believe he had injured one of his legs. Little did we know then we were about to embark on a very long, stressful, emotional painful almost 2 month long journey.
4 vets visits, 1 month of Rimadyl, one incorrect diagnosis of a torn ACL, a bloodtest that showed us he was low on protein (it was coming out in the urine) & one trip to the emergency vet that cost over $1000 with no answer of why. We left the.EV that day thinking it was only a matter of days left in Snoops short life. We didn't know what was causing him to have all of these symptoms like a lack of appetite, swollen joints, stiffness, trouble getting up, depression, lethargy, loss of protein & general malaise. He had so many tests, sonograms and xrays and to no avail. No one could tell us what was wrong with Him. So last weekend I decided that after some small signs of improvement that we had reached a crossroads in our journey to help Snoop, I decided to take him for another blood test. His albumin levels went up but still weren't in normal range. He had a few other questionable things on there too but nothing compared to what we had seen on the last test. The vet did a physical examination and said his joints felt as if they had recently been operated on. They were thick as if something were building up around them. What ever it is its obviously the source of his pain and discomfort. The vet prescribed us Tramadol to help relieve the pain.
2 days of pain medication we saw an improvement in his appetite. The vet also gave us a few cans of Prescription diet and told us to warm it up to bring the aroma out. He should have know that wouldn't be the case for Snoop who prefers it cold right out of the fridge. We had to wait until Monday to get the results for the bloodtest results. When we finally got them our vet decided he was going to start treating Snoop with Prednisone. We started it yesterday and today we are already seeing a big improvement. We saw Snoop wag his tail, walk up the steps on his own, jog, and eat his dry dog food for the first time in over 3 weeks. He actually got up to greet me today when I came home from work. Something he hasn't done in weeks as well. I can only hope he continues down this path & gets better & better with each passing day. Hopefully the Prednisone will help what ever of is he has. I just wanted to let everyone who had read my post how he's doing and. Thank all the nice people here on DT for all your advice, kind wishes & support.
4 vets visits, 1 month of Rimadyl, one incorrect diagnosis of a torn ACL, a bloodtest that showed us he was low on protein (it was coming out in the urine) & one trip to the emergency vet that cost over $1000 with no answer of why. We left the.EV that day thinking it was only a matter of days left in Snoops short life. We didn't know what was causing him to have all of these symptoms like a lack of appetite, swollen joints, stiffness, trouble getting up, depression, lethargy, loss of protein & general malaise. He had so many tests, sonograms and xrays and to no avail. No one could tell us what was wrong with Him. So last weekend I decided that after some small signs of improvement that we had reached a crossroads in our journey to help Snoop, I decided to take him for another blood test. His albumin levels went up but still weren't in normal range. He had a few other questionable things on there too but nothing compared to what we had seen on the last test. The vet did a physical examination and said his joints felt as if they had recently been operated on. They were thick as if something were building up around them. What ever it is its obviously the source of his pain and discomfort. The vet prescribed us Tramadol to help relieve the pain.
2 days of pain medication we saw an improvement in his appetite. The vet also gave us a few cans of Prescription diet and told us to warm it up to bring the aroma out. He should have know that wouldn't be the case for Snoop who prefers it cold right out of the fridge. We had to wait until Monday to get the results for the bloodtest results. When we finally got them our vet decided he was going to start treating Snoop with Prednisone. We started it yesterday and today we are already seeing a big improvement. We saw Snoop wag his tail, walk up the steps on his own, jog, and eat his dry dog food for the first time in over 3 weeks. He actually got up to greet me today when I came home from work. Something he hasn't done in weeks as well. I can only hope he continues down this path & gets better & better with each passing day. Hopefully the Prednisone will help what ever of is he has. I just wanted to let everyone who had read my post how he's doing and. Thank all the nice people here on DT for all your advice, kind wishes & support.
