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Friday, February 10, 2012
Buddy, My Black Lab
My posts lately seem to be about my pets. We have two labs who normally stay outside, but when it's cold, they come inside. One is a female blonde lab named Murphy. The other is Buddy, a male black lab. Both of them have been full of energy, loved us to death and if we so much as drove down the road for 10 minutes they'd greet us as though we'd been gone for months.
Wednesday night, I called Buddy inside and it took several times before he came around to the back of the house. He was walking very slowly and acting rather strange. He got inside and immediately I noticed he was wobbling and nout the normal Buddy. He had no energy, and finally, his back legs collapsed. He wouldn't get up off the floor and just looked at us with his sad eyes as though he was begging us to do something. We thought perhaps he'd been poisoned somehow but decided to wait and see if he got better. (Buddy is rather old.) He fell several times when trying to get up off the floor.
He appeared to get some better, but was still moving slowly and had a hard time walking. Last night, he got up and his back legs collapsed again and literally did the splits. I decided to look online to see if I could find a diagnosis that might tell us what was wrong. It appears he has arthritis in his hips. One suggestion was to fix a place for him to sleep that was soft instead of a rug on a tiled or wood floor. I got my sleeping bag out, folded it and he was able to finally get to it and lie down. Shortly after, he needed to go outside so he managed to get up, walk over to my chair and that's when his legs collapsed again. I managed to help him get outside and do his business. Once we got back inside, he immediately laid down and wouldn't get up.
We don't know what to do. We do not want Buddy in pain and certainly cannot afford a vet bill. What in the world do we do about Buddy? All he does is lay on the floor and sleep when he can, so I know he is in pain.
Has anyone experienced this with their pet? HELP. The thought of losing Buddy just kills us and I've laid on the floor with him and cried, not knowing how to help. I don't want my sweet Buddy's life to be miserable. We'd all be lost without him as would Murphy. They have always been together. My two shih tzus even love Buddy and Murphy.
If you have any insight, please share with me.
Wednesday night, I called Buddy inside and it took several times before he came around to the back of the house. He was walking very slowly and acting rather strange. He got inside and immediately I noticed he was wobbling and nout the normal Buddy. He had no energy, and finally, his back legs collapsed. He wouldn't get up off the floor and just looked at us with his sad eyes as though he was begging us to do something. We thought perhaps he'd been poisoned somehow but decided to wait and see if he got better. (Buddy is rather old.) He fell several times when trying to get up off the floor.
He appeared to get some better, but was still moving slowly and had a hard time walking. Last night, he got up and his back legs collapsed again and literally did the splits. I decided to look online to see if I could find a diagnosis that might tell us what was wrong. It appears he has arthritis in his hips. One suggestion was to fix a place for him to sleep that was soft instead of a rug on a tiled or wood floor. I got my sleeping bag out, folded it and he was able to finally get to it and lie down. Shortly after, he needed to go outside so he managed to get up, walk over to my chair and that's when his legs collapsed again. I managed to help him get outside and do his business. Once we got back inside, he immediately laid down and wouldn't get up.
We don't know what to do. We do not want Buddy in pain and certainly cannot afford a vet bill. What in the world do we do about Buddy? All he does is lay on the floor and sleep when he can, so I know he is in pain.
Has anyone experienced this with their pet? HELP. The thought of losing Buddy just kills us and I've laid on the floor with him and cried, not knowing how to help. I don't want my sweet Buddy's life to be miserable. We'd all be lost without him as would Murphy. They have always been together. My two shih tzus even love Buddy and Murphy.
If you have any insight, please share with me.
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