Re: My Maltese can't walk at all!!!!
Audrey is right - we did have to deal with neuropathy in our dog, but what you are describing doesn't sound quite like what we saw.
Our dog had severe leg weakness so that he couldn't stand or walk, but it came on quite gradually not suddenly like with your Maltese. It was as if his back legs and tail just became numb. It seemed to be closely associated with his high blood sugar levels when he was first diagnosed.
We gave him lots and lots of vitamin B12 as well as gradually reducing his blood sugar levels and the leg weakness gradually went away and he was able to run around again.
The B12 we used was a combination of B12 injections from the vet, B12 cyanocobalamin pills and B12 methylcobalamin pills, and we gave him a LOT of it.
Of course we shall never know if it helped but I would give it again if I had the same situation. The pills are all readily available as human supplements. We made up the doses ourselves and gave him several times more than the standard human dose.
Incidentally one vet thought that Eddie was not walking because of pain so she gave him a big painkilling injection. It made no difference at all so that eliminated that possibility. If your dog's issues are related to arthritis then I would expect that painkillers in sufficient doses would make a difference.
I hope your vets are able to work out what is going on with your dog.
Antonia
Audrey is right - we did have to deal with neuropathy in our dog, but what you are describing doesn't sound quite like what we saw.
Our dog had severe leg weakness so that he couldn't stand or walk, but it came on quite gradually not suddenly like with your Maltese. It was as if his back legs and tail just became numb. It seemed to be closely associated with his high blood sugar levels when he was first diagnosed.
We gave him lots and lots of vitamin B12 as well as gradually reducing his blood sugar levels and the leg weakness gradually went away and he was able to run around again.
The B12 we used was a combination of B12 injections from the vet, B12 cyanocobalamin pills and B12 methylcobalamin pills, and we gave him a LOT of it.
Of course we shall never know if it helped but I would give it again if I had the same situation. The pills are all readily available as human supplements. We made up the doses ourselves and gave him several times more than the standard human dose.
Incidentally one vet thought that Eddie was not walking because of pain so she gave him a big painkilling injection. It made no difference at all so that eliminated that possibility. If your dog's issues are related to arthritis then I would expect that painkillers in sufficient doses would make a difference.
I hope your vets are able to work out what is going on with your dog.
Antonia
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