Re: Izzie is BUSY!
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:03 pm
All of her other active behavior so far is normal...stairs, roughhousing with a 4 month old puppy yesterday, her poops look normal, she eats fine. May be one of those things that will either fade away, or get worse and become more obvious. I think if it continues like it is without getting better, we'll taker her in. Maybe the vet will manipulate or poke something that'll point to the cause. A visit to the vet is expensive, and we spent almost $1000 on tests a couple months ago when she had the last extended bout of diarrhea, so we'll give this just a little more time and see. No ball for a week may make a differencejohninny wrote:yes, i'm glad Lisa picked up on that. I was a bit worried - a dog that stops jumping - and on a bed no less! just watch for other tiny signals. these are DSs and a tiny signal is all you may ever get of anything gone wrong - even of big trouble. so a sign could mean something minor that passes or something major. aside from the injury issues that are possible, in my experience, not wanting to jump ONTO things [ where hind legs follow after the front ] - as opposed to lifting front legs high onto something [ which we humans also call jumping when it is really standing up] - has more often than not signaled internal discomfort of some sort - from what we would call indigestion to more serious matters like intestinal infection, pancreatitis, and hematomas [ which could also have come from a physical injury]. so I agree with Lisa that Izzie is telling you something but what that is is the question. just do not assume that the only answer is something concerning muscle, joints, tendons, etc.; it could just as well be something wrong in the abdomen which is already where Izzie has had problems.