My dog started having some issues Thursday night with not walking around as much (she’s a very hyper, healthy girl) and so I stayed up with her and she got progressively worse till I convinced my mom to take her to the vet. They ran all kinds of tests on her and concluded that she must have hurt herself somehow and gave her a shot of buprenex and sent her home where she did not move (we never left her alone at all) for over 24 hours to the point of urinating on herself. She would only eat peanut butter off a spoon and would only drink water from a ladle held under her mouth, but drank at least two bowl fulls total. The vet kept telling us it could be up to 24 hours before she started getting up, but she didn’t, so we took her to the vet again today and they ran a ton more tests and said all vitals are perfect and all organs are perfect but she has one area on her spine that looks swollen and hurt so they’re trying steroids tonight and transferring her back to her regular vet tomorrow to make sure it’s working. She can now walk a little with assistance when forced and all legs are functioning. She’s also much more alert but obviously in severe pain. But I have no clue what could have happened to her-she’s NEVER once in her entire life been outside without a leash or anything and she’s our only dog, so how in the world could she get hurt? The only thing we could think was she fell down the stairs. And what can I do to help her heal? Does she need a doggie wheelchair or a sling or something while she recuperates? She’s a big dog (55 pounds) and that’s a lot of weight for her to have to support. Maybe I could do some type of physical therapy or massage therapy?

My 6 months old dog jerry suffered accident 3 days back. I immediately took him to a vet who after diagonosing him gave few injections and said that jerry has no serious injury from inside and only external injuries. Medicines he gave were antibiotic and pain killer. However during night jerry kept groaning in pain. Next morning I saw that he still is not standing on legs and urinating and stooling involuntarily, I took him back to the vet This time vet said that it may be serious internal injury and may not heal. I then went to another vet who was also not equipped and just by looking at him said that we can give only pain killer and antibiotics and wait for few days to see jerry’s response. I searched on net and found one more vet far away from our place. I called him on phone and took his appointment on next day. He was generous enough to suggest me that if I am not able to see him I should give vitamin doses to jerry that may help boost nervous system. In night I massaged jerry’s insensitive back and legs for 2-3 hrs. Next morning when I woke up , Jerry saw me and wagged his tail a little which was lying without movement for past 2 days. This gave me some hope . I took him to the vet but vet after looking at him said that this could be a paralysis because whenever I lifted jerry he would urinate. He still gave a homeopathic medicine causticum which is used in paralysis. I came back and while massaging I noted he would slightly lift his paws. This day he also ate eggs and drank milk which was a good sign for me. Today morning I saw him wagging tail more furiously. I took him to another vet and he pinched jerry’s fingers with some instrument to which jerry withdrew his legs back. I was happily surprised, but vet said that it was a deep pain sensation but still I was happy to hear that word sensation. Vet also said that chances of recovery are high in young dogs and gave new medicine to him for next 7 days but even he is not sure of jerry’s position. We do not have equipped vets in our area. Please somebody tell what are his chances after all I have writtern. I see hope in every little progress he makes. Jerry’s weight is 14 kgs and is labra mix breed i guess. Please help somebody

He is still mobile but walks like he is a senior citizen. This came on suddenly so I think he may have hurt himself while jumping up on furniture or playing. He has not lost his appetite and is able to use the litter box for both urinating and defecating. The vet checked his vitals and he is fine with no broken bones.