Daschund showing signs of recovery from a slipped disc

On 11/21/10 10:30pm my minature Daschund Hershey was brought to the emergency hospital for lost of mobility to his hind legs. The result of his paralysis was a slipped disc. With two weeks of crate rest, massaging and exercising his rear legs he is slowly showing signs of recovery. As the video shows he walks about pretty normal, only with a little swagger. He does however lose rear leg functionality and ends up dragging his rear legs. I have now nicknamed him "Waldo" because when his rear legs give out he looks like a baby walrus. The good news is he will get back up on his hind legs and swagger about. Only time will tell whether he fully recovers, but we're very hopeful he will. Hershey also loves his apples as the video shows! We're looking into getting him a doggie wheelchair if he doesn't show further signs of improvement in the coming months. Special thanks to Dr. Nagayama, DVM at Irving Pet Hospital in SF 415.664.0191!

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Pets & Animals

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• dogs
• daschund
• slipped disc

[serimalbpickles]

thank you for posting this, my mini schnauzer has a slipped disc and is in alot of pain, the meds dont seem to relieve them. He is being referred to a specialist and we will see how he gets on in time

[virgilsheart]

Our yellow lab named Virgil just had his surgery and is on his second day of recovery.

From the daily updates from his Dr. he his slowly healing but cannot guarantee anything. I guess this is the normal disclaimer of all Dr. My question to you is has your dog fully recovered from his surgery and able to walk normally again?

[shostetler]

I just went through this with my 5 yr old Daschund Oscar. He's home now, 3rd day, and fights the exercises, but hasn't started to walk yet. Just wondered how your dog is doing now?

[Lucy68IFly]

Thanks for the video. My Sheltie, Maggie, has a slipped disc. She is resting now, and thanks to a great Vet I can tell that she is not in as much pain and seems to rest a lot better now. I hope your Hershey has a speedy recovery.