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Originally Posted by MadeleineI
I'm a suspicious cuss, and in one so young, look for the obvious causes. The prominent ones that spring to mind is the diet and any adverse reaction to a vaccine. Commercial pet food is the cause of many health problems, as there are no laws in most countries, to provide any standards. Try switching him to a raw meat and bones diet. Holistic vets around the world are finding that just doing that, can make chronic disease melt away.
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Vaccinations did go through my mind but they were before Christmas and these symptoms are only from the last few weeks.
His diet is good (apart from the eating of what he finds on the floor) and whilst not RAW he is on Burns with Naturediet together with home made treats and the odd chicken wing/lamb bone.
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Originally Posted by astro
So sorry that your boy was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplasia.
Was his entire spine x-rayed, or just his lower end?
I was just thinking that if there is nerve damage somewhere along his spine due to the dysplasia, it could explain the loss of balance.
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again gone through my mind and I forgot to mention it to the specialist yesterday, (he did in fact have X-rays of most of his spine since we asked them to check that all the things that have gone in his mouth had gone out again when they did the one for his hips) but he had been absolutely fine until after two weeks of hydrotherapy for the hips - may try and ask him tho' on Monday but the tilt of the head and the fact that he loses his balance seems to be more an ear thing., The specialist did do the tests to see if there were any neuro things and he knows where his feet are, they don't drag and can hop etc
So I am open to suggestions for what people think and what they have done for their dogs that have a similar condition especially in such a young dog