Dragging Back Leg in Dogs

Hi i have a rescued 2 yr old chihuahua, he is scooting ,but has been wormed and had his glands emptied.. he is occasionally dragging his back legs ,only for a minute or two but can walk and run easily...

My 4.5 year old dachshund mix all of sudden started dragging his back legs this morning. We took him to a vet who did a reflex and pain test and prescribed a couple meds due to financial issues. He had started to shake a bit and won't drink water since getting home or eat his food. Is this normal with dogs when pain meds are administered. Should I get a second opinion and or more tests? I'm very very worried for him

Please try taking your pet to an animal chiropractor for help as after a long walk with my 10 yr old 130lb german shepherd, he may have turned wrongly getting in his travel cage & when we got home he could not relax or lay down & if he did it was for a very few minutes ... I also have a bad back for 50 yrs myself & when my own disc slips I noticed my shepherd to similarize myself when I slipped a disc .. after visiting my vet for pain meds which eventually let him lay for short spells, I consulted my own chiropactor that advised to definitely find a local chiropractor that also works on animals as he himself has treated his own dog successfully, he also mentioned in Canada a special licence was required by the chiropractor & it was to be treated at a animal hospital facility .. after the 1st visit my dog layed down easily in my vehicle all the way home & when we got home again without slowly trying several times as before... a second visit a week later cured his problem completely ... he is now 12 yrs old but has suddenly having trouble with his left rear leg dragging occasionally ... he has a badly calcified rear spine which may now be pinching a nerve or spinal cord ... his hips are very good & age is not on his side .. I now assist with towels under each rear leg to help him walk outside to relieve himself .. he is back on meds & might be improving but it just happened 2 days ago... he was a bit unsteady on his one hind leg off & on for about 6 months prior

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Honey lost feeling in her hind legs after minor surgery. Vet suggested that while on pain killers she moved in a way that she knew better than to do while pain was not suppressed and damaged her spine. After a couple months of zero use of her back legs I bought her a wheelchair. The wheelchair seems to be rehabbing as she can now walk short distances, altho she does still knuckle. I'm excited about her progress, but one new symptom concerns me. After walking from one room to another, she coughs and gags. She also does this after I use a sling to take her out to relieve herself. She does not cough/gag after a 1 mile walk in the wheelchair or if she drags herself from one room to the next. The coughing seems to be getting worse as she walks more. Any ideas on what is causing the cough and how to treat it?

Motley has been dragging her back legs for a couple months. She has little to no control when going to the bathroom. She must have gotten bit by something a while back cause she lost a lot of her hair on her back and it was all nasty, scabby and moist. Few months after that is when her rear legs started not working. She just drags them. Her quality of life has dropped significantly.

My Shit Tzu is 141/2 years old and within the last 3 weeks or so has completely lost the use of her hind legs. I know she's old but she never had this problem before...has anyone experienced this with a dog her size or breed that could give me some helpful advice? Thank you

My 10year old boxer has been dragging his back leg. The vet says its nerve issues & put him on prednisone. After reading up on this condition, I believe its DM. My question is: is there a more effective medicine to try out? It breaks my heart seeing him, I feel like its a struggle for him to walk, almost like he might trip himself. I understand there is no cure, but isnt there something that could help slow down. He runs, stands up, but when walking its apparent something is wrong.

Hi I have a PUG aged 8years completed, he is not able to walk with his rare legs but some how managing for little distance by dragging .Peeing while walking itself not able to control he is not undergoing any pain.

My 6 month old mastiff mix just came back from a dog boarding because I was moving now he’s gaveling trouble with his back end legs look weak had to help him up steps he doesn’t cry but looks like they are very weak no other issues

About 2 hours ago my chihuahua is starting to have issues walking around on his back legs and using his back legs it's to the point that he can't even stand on his back legs not sure what to do don't really have the money for the vet right this minute just kind of stuck with having for about 5 years and we're not sure how old he was then but he's family.

My 9 year old female lab is usually very active and looks great for her age. Recently we had brought her on a walk to the beach and that night she has thrown up a great amount. We don't think that she had gotten into anything expect her toys (tennis balls). Then the last two days she hasn't been getting up or moving as much. Running on the beach sometimes makes her sore for a day or two but not this long. We have to pick her up to move now. She has no appetite but will drink water. She doesnt seem to be in pain but she will start to fall but than sit and lay there and not move. I am unsure if she is just very sore from the beach and jumping in and out of the car and that maybe she ate too much of a tennis ball. Or if this is much more serious.

Our 4 month old Akita all of a sudden started dragging his back right leg. The leg is stiff as a board and he is dragging it knuckle down. We took took him to the vet emidetly for X-rays. No abnormalities showed up. They placed him on some broad spectrum anti biotics and pain relief meds, but 2 days have gone by and he isn’t getting better . He wasn’t playing or anything he was fine one minute.. then the next his leg didn’t work at all :( If the problem isn’t an injury, is there a chance he will regain the use of his leg ? It is very disturbing and heartbreaking to watch him struggle to move around. It seems like if he has contracted one of these diseases he may never use the leg again ?:(

Our Maltese had surgery for cruciate repair in both hind legs, first surgery in 2015 and the second in 2016. She didn't cooperate very well with therapy. She would limp on one leg, then eventually would only stand when necessary to go potty. About a month ago, she stopped standing up and started going potty on herself. I made a vet appointment, but before I could get her there, she took a turn for the worse. Total loss of using hind legs, panting, wimpering, crying out in pain. Took her to the vet who said it was either cancer, tumor or blood clot. He sedated her heavily, but still pain within hours. He suggested she be euthanized. She was 11 1/2 years old. He said there was little to no chance of recovery no matter what we did. Could this have been caused from not using the back legs all the time?

Hello i have a husky who is 106 lbs and is 12 years old. He been dragging his back right leg when walking and now when he stands it shakes a lot. I had him since he was 6 weeks old so his is very upsetting for me to see him go through all this pain. If he's lying down we have to help him up by lifting his back legs to help him. He doesn't have Any health issue only that he is dragging this leg and it's basically paralysed. Can you please let me help him. I am not ready for him to go and I know he's not a puppy but he is not old either. Please help me by letting me know what to give him for the pain and what I can do.

My dog has started to struggle with his back leg we have taken him to a vet and they said that it could be that his brain is not communicating with his back leg he is on antibiotics but he isn't getting better if it is his brain how much would that cost and what could it be?

My 9.5 year old presa canario has been dragging his right hind leg more and more over the last couple weeks. It used to just be his pads sliding across the floor but now you can see he’s completely worn down one of his nails until it bleeds. He’s started holding his right leg up in the air and trying to limp with his left leg as of today and his left leg seems to give up on him sometimes. I’m really concerned it’s DM but I know they can’t test for that. Im told DM is not painful but I do not want my dog uncomfortable at all, and legs giving out doesn’t seem comfortable to me :(

My 10 year old pug started dragging her hind legs and when she sits her one leg shakes. We have had X-rays done and they do not see any spinal damage or arthritis. What could be causing this?

My two year old shih tzu recently got what I believe is the dog flu. Difficulty breathing, fevers, shivering/shaking. It only started a couple days ago. Accompanied with these symptoms was her walking on her back legs ability slowly declining. It is really bad. She literally has to scoot to get around. What illness can cause her legs to be this way but also has strong symptoms of flu like symptoms? Please help!

My 8yr old Chihuahua, Chico, can't walk on his back two legs. When he walks he drags them and can't really put his weight on them. When he tries to put weight on them he stumbles over. I'm not sure if it's just because he's old or something happened to him. I can tell that he's in a lot of pain but I don't know what to do. I gave him a bath and pain medicine.

I have a pitbull - bully mix who is about an year old. The day before,when I went out to call him at night he didn't respond.I took a flashlight and saw him sitting outside. I called his name,he wagged his tail but wouldn't move. His hind legs were not moving even though he could lift them sideways while laying down.I lifted him and put him into a sitting position but he wouldn't move an inch.
I took him to a vet yesterday and I got his cbc done which indicated infection.he was administered an antibiotic and a nerve medicine but to no avail.
It's disheartening to see him in such condition.

WHAT COULD IT BE??

My 1.5 year old lab woke up this morning walking kind of funny, like she had to go to the bathroom, or like she had something up her butt. She ate fine, drank water, went to the restroom and then came inside and lied down and refuses to get back up unless we pick her up. She’s usually so full of energy and running around but all she does is lay on the ground. We took her to the vet and they found no signs of external pain and they did an x ray and said her inside looks great as well, just that she had quite a bit of fecal matter inside, but not hard stuff that would make her constipated. They gave us an anti-inflammatory but I’m still scared because there was no definite diagnoses, and i’m hoping there’s not anything else going on inside that he wasn’t able to predict. Any advice or guesses on what could be wrong?

His leg is swollen and it hard like it has something to do with his muscle, will not put weight on it, whines all day, he hops around because he can't straighten his leg. He doesn't stop panting all day, barely eats his food. It swells up so big it just stays hard. It swelled up and the relieved and then returned and hasn't gone away. It's been like this for a couple of months, the vet just keeps shoving pills down his throat.

My 9yr old Chocolate lab woke up this morning and he can not stand on his own. His back right leg from his hip isnt working at all. He is dragging his leg so bad its dragging the top side of his paw. When he goes to walk outside he walks sideways for about 5ft and falls. He stays inside most of the time and isnt very active. He once was active but once he hit 7yrs old he hasnt been very active... Thank you

my dog just got on seizure pills since being on the pills he being having back legs pain and for a while he can't get up i know he in a lot of pain do u think it his pills or is he old

i woke up one day and saw that my 4 month old blue heeler could not stand on his back legs. he can move them but does not have the strength to stand up or put any weight on them. i have checked for ticks and have found nothing. we are also unable to take him to a veterinarian for a few weeks as we live in papua new guinea. the dog does not seem to be in any pain however.

I have a 5year old cross shitsu/poodle. Who is very active normally. Loves to run and eat. Tuesday a week ago my husband noticed he was not walking correctly, actually dragging hind legs. He took him to local vet and given pain killers. He improved and back to normal then the following Tuesday again but much worse. Can you help. He has exrays and show not spinal damage. Bloods all within normal range. Still eating and going to toilet normal. What now?

My dog is a 5 yr old Dachshund and was in pain last week so we took her to the vet thinking it was IVDD. We got x-rays, blood work and she was given Metacam for the pain. Her results came back good, she was healthy with no spine issues or any symptoms of IVDD. This morning when she woke up she was dragging her back legs and was unbalanced. She is not showing any signs of pain like she was last week. She is eating and drinking fine. It is heartbreaking to see her unable to walk properly and I do not have the money for another vet visit. Does this sound very serious or is there a chance it may get better ?

My 18 week old toy poodle is dragging his back legs, he can use them although doesn’t seem to have complete control, falls quite abit aswell.
We’ve been to the vet and he is on anti- inflammatory medication at the moment, with 4 days to go but no results..
What could this be?
He hasn’t had any major falls etc

My shihtzu has a very sudden onset of hind legs/lower spine pain. He looks like he’s in pain and he’s trembling. We left home for work and when we returned he was like this. He wouldn’t stand up for us so we took out his leash and this encouraged him to wag his tail but even then he didn’t stand. After a while he stood and we took him for a short walk but when we got home he went back to same behavior. I’m worried. He’s a young dog and this occurred from one day to the next.

My pug is 16 years old and is fairly healthy for his age. Suddenly today he began to drag one of his legs as if it were paralyzed. It doesn't seem to be hurting him as I have moved both back legs around and he didn't seem bothered by it. I palpated around his hips and nothing seems broken or out of place. He has also had treatment for tick and fleas last week.

Ruby is a 3 1/2yr.old pit, we rescued each other. She was abused, someone beat her in the head when I got her it was healed but she is scared and has missing patches if hair,her right bk leg,l looks a lil different from other one,she tries,not to put plot of pressure on it,three legs it if she can uses it sometimeslast nite she was acting a lil strangei thought,today when we came home(she went for a car ride didn't get out anywhere)we live on second floorso she went to go up got front legs going when she pushes off with bk almost made it n slid bk down onto her butt, never had this problem before , carried her up and here n there drags legs n gives up n lays down .my dog is energetic,loveable kissable,"very clingy" cuddle bug,i am on disability, I struggle she rescued me,i have depression, anxiety,adhd,have been suicidal in the past , this dog is the reason I get out of bed and give life another chance! God if anything happened to her I'd jut die I don't think another dog would be the same,i need help I don't know how I could pay to fix her or to even see a vet, I've been crying all dayi don't know what's wrong and how I would afford to fix it, Im,lost please help me