Dear Susan I am so sorry to hear of the troubles your correspondent is having with his dog.
I think it is probably a stroke. My former husband's ruby seems to have had one at 3 years old, which also paralysed her back legs. The investigations and results were similar to Ben's. Samantha could not even stand to be toileted and it got to the point where I was going to have her here with me for some tlc. However, the night before he was due to bring her my ex rang to say that she suddenly stood up and walked, stiffly and slowly, but walk she did. After that her recovery was swift. I am no longer in touch with the ....... so I have no indication whether anything like this has recurred. Also, my dog Angus had many strokes during his old age. He had a weakness in his back legs at the very end of his life, but at almost 17 how do you know the difference between stroke damage and weakness? Hope some of this helps Your very own super wonderful and fantastic Flo Sinclair Plymouth's Premier Waffler and Femme Extrordinaire Alias: Sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
