OMG how horrible! I, too, have a pup from my litter born 3 May- I just would be both panicked and heartbroken to see something like this happen to mine (or one of her siblings)! I would certainly at minimum, suggest lumbar spine/pelvic radiographs... Better yet would be to put pup in an MRI. Much better diagnostics on soft tissue & nerves with a MRI. Best one can do really there that way. If the pup is otherwise normal, no fever, etc., I would be most inclined to believe this may be a neurological problem... The only other thing I can think is pup possibly had a fall-injury-whatever and perhaps a bone chip nicked his sciatic nerve and damaged it? Though I most often saw that problem from HBCs... The end effect was the same- nerve cut, loss of function for the affected limb. Does the pup have any function in the leg at all? Any sensory function (like if owners pinch toe webbing to look for a reflex)? So very sad for everyone involved. Things like this just don't sound like a good prognosis. However- if its just the one rear leg that's "no good", at least it's a back one. Tripod dogs do better with both front legs in my experience... I'd hate to see pup lose a leg, but he's young enough to not miss it if they can't get it fixed. I will pray that this problem doesn't spread to affect other areas and that answers will get found quickly and maybe the pup can be saved... Jen P & the Pack knowing what it's like to not have a good working leg too JayDee's Proud-Haus Shepherds/Proud K911 www.jaydeesphs.com Committed to the Total Dog you can be Proud of!!! AKC Breeder of Merit On Sep 4, 2013, at 20:04, Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx wrote: > today i received a phone call followed up with the following email - the > owners of this puppy are looking for any and all help they can get re the > problems their pup is having, i've included the body of their email so i > wouldn't omit or confuse the issue(s). can ANYONE out there offer any > suggestions as to how to help these folks? thanks in advance, > diane > > "Our German Shepherd puppy was born on May 3rd 2013. Weaned onto raw food. > We brought him home on June 27th at 7/12 weeks old. We continued feeding > him the same raw chicken based food but within the first week he went off > this food and wouldn't eat. We switched him to kibble and he ate well. > > At 12 weeks he went to see our vet for his first booster shot. She > commented he looked underweight, and then told us she thought he had some > kind of > neuropathy, evident in his back leg. She was not specific, and when asked > what we should do about it she suggested we keep walking him and exercising > him and massage his foot to help him become aware of his rear foot. This was > not obviously apparent to us. He walked well and looked like a growing > gangly GSD puppy to us. > > He continued to put on weight and enjoyed his walks. We occasionally took > him on 1 hr long walks which he seemed to have no problem with. > > On Tuesday, August 27th we took him for a long walk but then noticed he > was dragging his rear right leg on the way back. His foot was turning under > and scraping his toe nails. > > The next day, Wednesday, 28th August at age 16 1/2 weeks, he saw the vet. > He had his booster vaccinations. His right rear leg and foot were clearly > dragging by now. > They took blood tests for Cryptococcus, Neospora Caninum and Toxoplasma. > > On Thursday 29th August, our vet started him on Clindamycin 150 mg 2 x > day, to treat a possibility of Neospora infection. His condition continued > to > worsen. On Sunday 1st September we increased the dose to 150mg 3 times a > day. > > It is now Wednesday 4th September and his condition continues to worsen. > His right rear leg is flaccid, has no sensation of pain. He does manage to > stand on all fours and walk temporarily when positioned correctly, but > quickly falls onto his right hip. He then drags himself by his forelimbs. He > is > eating, and looks mentally alert, but is much more tired than normal and > sleeps a lot. > > All blood tests came back negative this afternoon." > > > > Diane Silver-Strasser > Silstra German Shepherds > _Skatiebug'z_ (http://skatiebugz.shutterfly.com/) The online store for > everything German Shepherd and then some! > _http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com_ (http://skatiebugz.blogspot.com/) > Skater's Blog > > ===========================================================================> > POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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