aww bless her, i hope the tablets help her get up and about abit better keep us updated how the tablets work

can i ask wat tablets the vet gave you????
i second that sorry to hear ur sad news.

Hi I'm glad there was nothing serious and is only old age, Amber is the same she has trouble getting up, but once she's up and moved round a bit she's not to bad.
You can get dog food for the older dog that may be worth looking at.

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I read this with great interest. We make the wheels for dogs and the GSD's most common problem is CDRM which is MS in dogs. It affects the rear legs initially and on a dog of this age it is highly unlikely that it would travel to the front but be advised that it CAN and that is to be avoided at all cost. I am one of Dogs Today's Dial a Dog advisors on CDRM and wheels. If this dog's rear legs are affected I could arrange a loan of a set of wheels, not of the type we make but these will work for the dog. You will find us currently on Ebay if you enter Dog Wheelchair and look for the UK company at the bottom of the listing you will see how to contact us. I have put hundreds of GSD's on wheels and they do great.

Out of interest here is one we did a few weeks ago. Disc problem had been operated on 11 months ago and Ben had showed signs of improvement but he never progressed to actually standing unaided so his owner had been supporting him with a rear harness for the entire 11 months and they contacted me to make a wheelchair for him. I filmed this seconds after placing him in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDrBu924E10

I have been in this situation too. It is hard.

But i hope sheis feeling better x

I take it that they are only used on the advise of a vet, as surely they may make some problems worse?

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No. Many UK vets scoff at the idea of using wheels because here in the UK the home grown ones are diabolical with a very high rejection rate, I know I had one of them in fact I own examples of them all which is why we finally decided to manufacture them ourselves. Of the vets that have experience of them they are very soon converted.

I cannot envisage what condition would be made worse by the use of a properly designed and manufactured set of wheels. Dacshunds for instance get disc problems. The operation can cost in excess of £3,000 with about a 50/50 chance of success. We did one such dog in the Midlands, Bob, I have him on DVD. His vet said "get him a cart, and in particular, this cart" 9 months later and Bob was walking again because the cart with it's supportive design had allowed the spine to rest and recuperate. Similarly a huge Rottie/GSD X recovered and amazed the vet. Carts with a fabric or suede harness that suspend the dog in a frame however could indeed cause problems if it was a spine injury. This is not what we recommend or make.

Aw, good to hear. Everything went well - Bless. I'm sure she'll be back to normal, soon.

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Hi Irina

How is Troi getting on now she been on her tablets a while, please keep in touch, we would love to know how she's get on?

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Careful you don't ask too many questions if you want a wheelchair off this company. I sent 6 emails asking questions as I was going to purchase for my dog but I was refused as I asked too many questions!