rst in breaking

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i have a bearded collie who is 14. His legs have been getting worse for a while occasionly falls down last few steps of stairs and hesitates before going down stairs (yet insists on going up them). Since yesterday he started falling over and walking sideways were going to take him to the vets as i have a feeling he may have had a stroke as his balance isn't as good as normal and he seems to be walking a bit sideways now . we've fitted a stiar gate so he cant use the stairs and his bed downstairs etc but was wondering if theres anything people can reccomend to help his rear legs? thank you in advance

haz87

Get it to the vets asap. Our dog had the same issue. Had to have a big operation on his back in the end as some discs had moved (and we didn't hang about. First time his legs went we took him in)

mechanic28

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horriable mate!i hate to say it but at that age mate there might be nothing you can do,just make him/she as comfortable as you can and give the old hound plenty of fuss!

Maria.

Honey 14 is a fantastic age for a collie!! It goes to show youve obvioulsy really looked after him.

Unfortunately i think it is inevitable that old age is probably just catching up with him right now.

Get him to the vets as soon as ya can tomorrow, and they will be able to tell you whats what.

The main thing to bear in mind is, make sure he has still got his quality of life, as long as he is pain free and can pee and poo unaided and get outside ok, the vet may just give you some painkiller type things for him!

matts1

He's a good age fella, if the worst is suggested at the vets, keep the poor fella in mind, may be for the best if he suffers.

Bloody heart renching thought mate.

Stoo

Sorry to hear that. The same thing happened to my German Shepard, the vet was a great help though and gave her a happy life for almost a year. Get to the vet! Well, your dog..

Rs Baz

i lost my dog some time ago with this problem

sorry to hear this mate

rst in breaking

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our old lassie dog (cant remember what collie it is again) lol lived to 14 too, the vet advised some anti inflametry tablets when we went before so we've been giving him them but his too smart and digs them out his food lol . he's still walking etc unaided his balance is just wobbly when free standing. What dont help him either is his retnor was never joined up from birth so best his vision has ever been is about 1ft and now with age thats detieriated so he bumps into things

Bullett

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not nice to hear this.
and im not taking the pee,im being 100per cent serious,but if he/she is having probs with the legs its due to age this far in.
arthritis,hip dysplacia likely. now this may sound odd but if you dont want the risk of an op and he isnt too bad,you can get wheels that you strap to the back end of the dog and they trot along with the front,pulling the backs with them.
may sound odd but ive seen it work once the dg gets usd to the unit.

please dont think im being funny.

i would be in pieces if it was my two,and they live for running!

Dangerous Malcolm..

It comes down to quality of life in the end.

James

our german shepard has got some tablets from the vet, shes been on them two years atleast now and deffo a marked improvement. that said she was young when arthiritas started, five years old.

Maria.

Bullett - my mum had those wheels for one of her dogs!!!

Paul - if he is digging the tablets out of his food, try wrapping them in something he likes! put them in a bit of ham, or a lump of cheese!!! he'll wolf them straight down!!

rst in breaking

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we have been, he likes sausage rolls so we push them in them and he sorts them out .

wheels mite be an option down the line, problem with him is he's so stubbon, he growls wen you go to pick him up etc as he cant see what your doing, he dont bite his just mouth lol

st3v3

theres a fella that goes by my house with an old old rottie who legs started to go,apparently he gives his dog a natural remedy of somesort,when my wife spoke to him about his rottie and its problems(as we have 2) he told her what it was,my wifes asleep now but ill find out and let you know.
Cant say its a cure but apparently it help his dog no end.

rst in breaking

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cheers mate

CRAIG HAYTER

sounds a good age for a collie nothing worse than you dog or cat or any animal you have loved for years and brought up like your own kid and they get like this but by the sounds of thing you must be really caring and a good freind to your doghope you or the vet can get him better

danny_boy699

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this happened my to my dog, woke up next morring and she wouldn't move, toke her to the vets and had to get her put down, had arutharites (can't spell it) in her back legs and a toumer.

hope it isn't the same with your dog fella, as it broke my heart, when she was put down, still miss her now, don't have to put up with her licking my face to get up for work in the morring lol

fish99

My bulldog has had problem with his joints now he is 8... I had tablets from the vets which cost a fortune but they didnt really help. I was recommended Joint aid and within a couple of weeks there is a definate improvement. Its Ł50 a bucket but it last for ages.I tend to give him a scoop of joint aid and then a tea spoon of cod liver oil...defo worth a try. Best stuff on the market

http://www.jointaidfordogs.co.uk/pro..._dog/index.htm

bristol_fez

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I had the same with my golden retriever for a few years, as Metpol said we used to give him codliver oil tablets hidden in some sort of food and this made a big difference to him.

Hope all goes ok, i was gutted when i lost mine.

XRdodgybird

My labrador had hip displacia.... his legs got weak towards the end of his life and from about the age of 12 he was on steroid tablets which seemed to help a great deal. I wouldn't recommend it though. The steroids kept him going, as did the younger dog we had at the time and he seemed in great spirits. But his heart gave up in the end.

rst in breaking

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my mum just said his on some tablets for his joints which are meant to be brilliant so we may have to see how he goes for a couple of days

space hoppers

we take max to hydrothreapy once a week so he can swim in a nice warm pool . they have a lot of old dogs there and it really improves their quality of life

Fil

not sure for dogs, but plenty of joint supliments for animals, got 2 horses on some, one cat, and myself dam knees getting them ready for the ski season

they are pretty much all the same, glucosamine sulphate just flavoured to different animals tastes

cheeky dog

Try keeping him away from the stairs if you can! i've kept my rotts away from stairs all their lives! partly coz my mum dont want em f**king the upstairs where all the carpet and furniture is.

always been worried about this as big dogs can suffer from this!

hope the soldier stays strong mate

dogs are legends!

joffy

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glucosamine sulphate, our labs have had it for the joints etc, so good my nannys on it aswell lol

st3v3

sorry matey i asked the wife tonight and would you belive she had the container with the label still on it,but thew it away only last week.
She did say if she see's the fella go by she'll run out and ask him again.

sorry for not being to help anymore.

rst in breaking

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cheers for all the advice guys, the dog swimming sounds a good idea. we just took him to the vets and the thinks he may have doggy outsyma's (sp?) and has prescribed some tablets for him to help the blood flow to his brain and on top of that were going to have to push him to exercise more as his leg muscle is wasting away and we want him to keep healthy as he's a great dog and i think he'll live beyond 15 with help

rst in breaking

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we just took him to the vets and he thinks its like doggy outsima's (sp?) so he prescribed tablets to help the blood flow to his brain and were going to push him to take longer walks as he's been stubborn lately and his muscles are wasting away on his back legs sadly

st3v3

my old dog lived to 17 mate,not bad for a mutt from Birmingham dogs home.

Maria.

Read this article honey! it ive a bit of info on doggy alzheimers!

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art25417.asp

tonyk

We had our collie for 18 years and he had a similar issue to what you describe, unfortunately there is nothing* that can be done.(*in our case) I told the Vet to give our dog any treatment needed as money was not an issue, and the Vet told us the best thing we could do was to put the Dog to sleep.

Its def a moment that I will never forget and all the cliche's people tell you and lead you to believe, but until you have to do it, you cant explain or understand it.

rst in breaking

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cheers for that maria, i just had a little read hopefully the vet thinks we'll see an improvement in a week or so, so fingers crossed

Maria.

fingersx crossed for ya honey!

rst in breaking

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cheers maria, i think he'll be ok with a clearer thinking head, well fingers crossed

Bullett

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my two have had cod liver oil tablets since they were pups(now 2) keeps the joints good and the coat.

they take them out of my hand.no fuss.same with injections too

rst in breaking

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lucky u lol, our dog digs them out his food pmsl

Bullett

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strangely our little girl pulls the carrots out and puts them on the floorthen eats them later

rst in breaking

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pmsl, they do have some strange ways lol