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I have a 6yr old Jeff Allen bred male that I took out hunting 2 saturdays ago after about 3-4 mile of trailing I noticed he could hardly walk like he had a pinched nerve in his hind legs, so I cut him off and gathered him up and he was not sore at all anywhere. His back looked real bowed up, I stretched him out and it didnt seem to bother him or help much. If I made him stay
for a little while he seemed to be able to walk a little better but only for 50 to 100 yrds. Needless to say I had to pack him out. The next morning he seemed like he felt good and acted normal over the next week I excercised him with the other dogs and did ok, but was not overly outgoing like normal but he kept up great on some 7-8 mile runs. Then I took him out in the hills hunting again this last saturday and the same thing after 4 miles or so he could hardly walk and it took till today for him to be back to moving good. Has anyone got any ideas, I am wondering if it could be chiropractic issue, any info or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

me and my dad toke our three dogs out hunting and the dogs were running some coon and the dogs treed the coon and then we went to the next spot and then are one dog came back to the truck and it couldnt walk on his back left leg couldnt put any waight on it and then we let him rest for a week or untill he seemed better and then we would take him back out and it would happen againe we did that for a couple of weeks and then we kinda quite using him then about 3 weeks later i toke the dogs out all three of them and i ran a couple of bear and he did awsome went back out the next weekend and it started all over againe then

i got talking to my friend about it AND HE SAID THAT IT IS OR COULD BE A PULLED MUSCLE CUZ HIS FRINEDS DOG HAD THE SAME THING AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS A SURGERY THAT CAN BE DONE BUT IS $$$$$$$ ALOT OF MONEY AND HIS FROEND JUST SHOT HIS DOG CUZ IT WAS SO BAD... IM NOT SURE ON TOTAL PRICE OF THE SURGERY OR ANYTHING BUT HIS FRIEND DID HAVE TO SHOT HIS DOG CUZ IT WAS SO BAD......

yeah me dog has the same problem to i posted something there might help you out....

krk hunting wrote:I have a 6yr old Jeff Allen bred male that I took out hunting 2 saturdays ago after about 3-4 mile of trailing I noticed he could hardly walk like he had a pinched nerve in his hind legs, so I cut him off and gathered him up and he was not sore at all anywhere. His back looked real bowed up, I stretched him out and it didnt seem to bother him or help much. If I made him stay
for a little while he seemed to be able to walk a little better but only for 50 to 100 yrds. Needless to say I had to pack him out. The next morning he seemed like he felt good and acted normal over the next week I excercised him with the other dogs and did ok, but was not overly outgoing like normal but he kept up great on some 7-8 mile runs. Then I took him out in the hills hunting again this last saturday and the same thing after 4 miles or so he could hardly walk and it took till today for him to be back to moving good. Has anyone got any ideas, I am wondering if it could be chiropractic issue, any info or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

A dogs lack of desire to walk can ba caused by a number of causes.......pain being one of them. At a glance, it may appear that it is back pain or a pinched nerve, but internal organ pain can cause that humped back appearance too.
It's impossible to suggest a cure if you don't know the cause...

If he were mine I'd take him to a vet for investigation. Good history reporting on your part [ ie; any trauma or falls sustained? Abnormal voiding or bowel movements noted?, Appetite? Nausea? etc ] will help your vet out immensly.

I'd prolly have an Xray done to rule out skeletal / spinal complications [ which can precipitate a nerve disorder ].

After the appropriate diagnostics are obtained, your vet can help you determine the likely cause of the problem and subsequent treatment required.

I would take him to a chiropractor, there are alot of vets doing it now, sometimes you can find a human Dr. that will do it also. In my experience it is not horribly expensive (I mean what would it cost you to replace the dog + I'm guessing you probably like him a little, also you can find out whats really wrong and start working on it versus laying him up and waiting then having it happen again = more down time than just figuring the problem and treating it). I have seen chiropractic work and acupuncture work great on dogs.