I've posted pics of my Howdy in this forum and <-- there he is! my avatar! Der Bier Hund!
he's hurting today. and I'm asking you guys if any of you have had this happen to your dog:
we took him into the vet this past Saturday to update his shots (I'll edit later to list the ones he got, if anyone thinks it's relevant) and he seemed a little out of it on Sunday, but good on Monday and Tuesday
today, he just doesn't want to move at all. won't jump up, won't go down the stairs. can't get him to eat. we usually have morning family time, but the BigHair is out of town, thought he might be upset over that. had him up on the bed, had to lift him. when it got time to start the day, he didn't even move.
later on he started shivering. when he laid down, he started twitching, I thought he was having a seizure, but it was his shivering. we were up pretty late last night, finishing up a brew day. thought maybe he got into some hops, but all were accounted for.
tried to take him for a walk, something he usually drags us around on, but today he didn't want to go. when he went to jump up on a curb, his front legs made it, but his back legs gave out on him.
so I took him to the vet. on the way, he started panting, and I started freaking out thinking that maybe he did get into some hops.
vet checked his temperature, it was fine, so now I'm not worried about hops, wth else could it be?
turns out, he hurt his back. low down near his tail. he doesn't want to move or jump or climb because it hurts. doc gave us something for the pain/inflammation and we came home
the BigHair had to remind me: the almost exact same thing happened about the same time last year right after he got the exact same shots.
last year, a couple days after he got his shots, he couldn't walk on his hind legs at all. we had to take him down to Virginia Tech to have surgery.
this time, it isn't nearly as severe, but WTH? is this coincidence?