Posted by: marilyn day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I had an old Lab that developed this problem. It was merely that a symptom. At
first the only symptom. All of a sudden one day, he became frantic with pain and
was jumping on the couch and all over the place. However, it was a symptom of
something wrong with his spine. We medicated him for as long as the meds worked and
then, when we could no longer control his pain, we put him to sleep.
Marilyn Day
Stafford
Shari Ziegenbein wrote:
> Posted by: Shari Ziegenbein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Tammy,
> I don't know if this is this dogs problem, but I was at handling class on
> Wed and there was a discussion about "cold tail" Apparently it causes the dog to
> have a "paralyzed" tail. My instructor was saying that it was caused by being
> washed in cold water, or swimming in cold water. And it is temporary. Like I
> said, this may not be your dog's problem, but something to consider.
>
> Shari and the fawn ladies
> in Paso Robles, Ca.
>
> Tammy Kinkade wrote:
>
> > Posted by: "Tammy Kinkade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Has anyone ever heard of this?
> >
> > If a dog's tail "quits working" - if they can't hold it up, they should be
> > put to sleep.
> >
> > One of my mom's corgis has not been able to hold her tail up - it literally
> > is dragging on the ground - she cannot raise it to potty. One of mom's
> > co-workers had this happen to her dog and her vet said that if it didn't get
> > better they'd have to put the dog down because she wouldn't be able to potty
> > correctly and that it would/could cause some sort of blockage of her
> > intestines (or something like that). The dog did get better so they never
> > went to another vet for a different opinion.
> >
> > What would cause this to happen suddenly? Mom is taking Molly to her
> > chiropractic vet in Toledo on Saturday in hopes that an adjustment will
> > help.
> >
> > This is really something to think about - who would ever have thought that a
> > droopy tail would be "life threatening"?
> >
> > Tammy Kinkade
> > Defiance, Ohio
> > w/my "little" helpers - Hoss & Samson the Great Danes and Pooh the fuzz
> > bucket
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Marilyn Day
Stafford, VA
