Has anyone out there had any experience with a similar problem in their dog? Our Newfoundland puppy is 14 weeks old, we got her when she was 8 weeks. At 10 weeks she started to wobble a bit in her hind legs, we thought she was just being a clutzy puppy. At 11 weeks she started to walk like she was drunk. We took her to our local vet who checked her legs for abnormalities and they told us nothing wrong, just monitor it. It got worse over the next couple of days so we spoke to the breeder who asked us to video her which we did. After viewing it the breeder suggested it was not normal puppy behaviour. We rushed her to the 24 hr vet hospital and in 10 minutes they told us it was a neurological problem and referred us to a neurologist, we got in the next day - Monday. They took blood samples and put her on antibiotics in case she had an infection. Between Monday and Thursday she deteriorated to the point that she could no longer stand up on her hind legs. Since then she has had an MRI which showed 2 small spinal lesions in her neck. She has had a spinal tap. Nothing has shown conclusively what type of lesion it is or what it has been caused by. For the last 5 days she has been staying at the clinic and having anti inflammatories and corticosteroids. She has not improved however she has not deteriorated further. We are at a loss as to what is causing the lesion and how it should be treated. Apart from not being able to get up, she is alert, animated and has a normal appetite. We are bringing her home for the long weekend.
Has anyone seen anything like this? and can give us any information that may help us?
