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I woke up this morning because my bed was shaking.
The wonderpug was with me, and I thought maybe he was scratching or cleaning or chewing or one of those dog things, but when I peeked at him from beneath the covers I saw he was just sitting there, looking at me and shaking. I thought maybe he was cold, so I pulled him onto my chest and was petting him and realized that he was groaning, too.
When I took him outside, he wouldn't go up or down any stairs, and he didn't seem to be interested in anything. His trembling seemed to go in waves of intensity, and sometimes it would get so bad he wouldn't even walk. He just stood there, shaking.
I finally got a hold of the vet at 9, and they told me to bring him in.
The vet says she thinks his trembling is from pain, and that he may have injured his back. There was one spot on his back that everytime she touched it, he looked back at her. She thinks that might be to point of pain, and that it may be a bulging disk, which is not uncommon in small dogs. I did remember while we were with the vet that last night Buddy failed miserably in an attempt to jump on my bed, crashing into the side of it, instead. We got pain killers and muscle relaxants (and I almost said "How about a little extra for Mommy?") and he is not allowed to climb stairs or jump for six weeks. He's only five years old, and he's pretty active, so it'll be tough. Though, judging by the way he acted when I carried him most of the six blocks home, I think he could adapt to some pampering.
We're home now, on the couch, and I gave him his first dose of meds (with the help of a marshmallow). The trembling seems to be subsiding, and he is getting that logy, drugged look and falling asleep. I just don't want him to be in pain any more, and I hope the lack of trembling means it's going away.
The wonderpug was with me, and I thought maybe he was scratching or cleaning or chewing or one of those dog things, but when I peeked at him from beneath the covers I saw he was just sitting there, looking at me and shaking. I thought maybe he was cold, so I pulled him onto my chest and was petting him and realized that he was groaning, too.
When I took him outside, he wouldn't go up or down any stairs, and he didn't seem to be interested in anything. His trembling seemed to go in waves of intensity, and sometimes it would get so bad he wouldn't even walk. He just stood there, shaking.
I finally got a hold of the vet at 9, and they told me to bring him in.
The vet says she thinks his trembling is from pain, and that he may have injured his back. There was one spot on his back that everytime she touched it, he looked back at her. She thinks that might be to point of pain, and that it may be a bulging disk, which is not uncommon in small dogs. I did remember while we were with the vet that last night Buddy failed miserably in an attempt to jump on my bed, crashing into the side of it, instead. We got pain killers and muscle relaxants (and I almost said "How about a little extra for Mommy?") and he is not allowed to climb stairs or jump for six weeks. He's only five years old, and he's pretty active, so it'll be tough. Though, judging by the way he acted when I carried him most of the six blocks home, I think he could adapt to some pampering.
We're home now, on the couch, and I gave him his first dose of meds (with the help of a marshmallow). The trembling seems to be subsiding, and he is getting that logy, drugged look and falling asleep. I just don't want him to be in pain any more, and I hope the lack of trembling means it's going away.