Papillon, Once Again! Serious Answers Only!?
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We have a female Papillon who lost the use of her back legs around the 10th. She is precious and very important to our family. For those of you who felt the need to attack me when I was merely looking for an intelligent answer, please don’t respond to this question again. Trust me!!! She gets all of the attention and care that she needs. We have her and a long coat Chihuahua and we treat them as an addition to 4 children we already have. They rule the house! We did not buy them to breed, they are spayed. I am concerned about our Papillon because my husband (whom she is very attached to) left for training for 30 days and a day or 2 later, Ms. CoCo stopped using her back legs. We took her to our Vet, the Vet prescribed her an anti inflammatory which gave her back the use of her back legs, but they are still very stiff. I still have to pick her up from outside regardless of which entrance she uses. I am searching for someone with a similar experience. I want to thank “PomPomMom” for giving me a decent diagnosis to inquire about. For those of you who reacted to my comment about her dramatic disposition, you don’t own a Papillon. We absolutely love her! She is a drama queen, and our family regards her manner in the most loving way. So please!! I only want responses from true and loving dog owners! If you find my inquiry offensive in any way, please do not respond.
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” I am searching for someone with a similar experience.”
I feel this is what your question is mostly about and feel sorry that I can’t help you. The only suggestion I would make is perhaps you could connect with your local kennel club and they could put you in touch with other papillon owners and breeders. Perhaps there may even be an online chat room for you to benifit from. You sound like a fabulous dog owner.
Good luck with her. I hope she lives out the rest of her life in comfort and happiness.
I would give a serious answer, but I don’t see a question.
Have you tried hydotherapy?? Not sure if this would work in your case.. Contact your vet for more advice on this though…
I don’t have a Pap so not knowing what your going through..
hope you get it sorted
Good luck
this happened to my dog to and it was hart breaking but we just gave her time and unconditional love, we tended to her needs and she slowly regained the use of her back legs and they weren’t stiff anymore
i hope it all turns out well, best of luck
I’m sorry, I don’t know what could be wrong with your dog. I know someone who’s poodle was having the same problem and the problem seemed to come and go. As you said, it has nothing to do with bad treatment. Is your dog getting old? I’m sorry I can’t offer any info. I hope you can figure out what’s wrong. You could try supplementing with glucosamine and chondroitin for the joints. Shark cartilage is also good for joints, arthritis etc. Our dog had hip dysplasia and we put her on a top quality dog food with gluco and chondro and she improved a lot.
This is an active list of very knowledgable breeders and many pet owners:http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/papil…
best to you