good news and bad news

**ashleycat** · 12-04-2006, 04:47 PM

good news. x rays look fine, no HD

bad news. Found tender part on her ribs, but have no idea why. They can't find out whats wrong, why she hurts.

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 04:50 PM

Maybe she has muscle injury around the rib cage. Like a bruise with a person.

**ashleycat** · 12-04-2006, 04:53 PM

but for 4 months?

***iluvskipper*** · 12-04-2006, 04:58 PM

aww.. well i hope she gets better

**lizbud** · 12-04-2006, 04:58 PM

Did the Vet offer any other remedies? Any other procedure they
might want to try?

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by ashleycat

but for 4 months?

Quite frankly- I think she has cracked ribs. That can be hidden in x-rays..

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 05:00 PM

or when you lift her, it pinches a nerve in her back that is already sensitive. I hope the vet finds it. My vet would have gone over nose to tail. As I am sure yours is doing the same.

**ashleycat** · 12-04-2006, 05:53 PM

she said to give the R medicine a try. And to maybe find a specialist that could go deeper as to why she's hurting. She was thinking that maybe bone cancer is a possibility, but that didn't show up on the x ray. She also said that some dogs are just sensitive to being picked up.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 12-04-2006, 05:56 PM

There is absotulely nothing physically wrong with Piper, but she yelps when you pick her up often because of what was done to her in her old home. She does it out of fear. Could Runner be doing that too? I hope you figure it out soon!

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Orangutango

There is absotulely nothing physically wrong with Piper, but she yelps when you pick her up often because of what was done to her in her old home. She does it out of fear. Could Runner be doing that too? I hope you figure it out soon!

Very good orangutango- it could very possibly be behaviorial. What did the exam at the vet show? Did the dog react to their manipulation or silent. If its behaviorial, I would avoid picking her up until she trusts you. Everytime you pick her up puts the progress back to square one.

**lute** · 12-04-2006, 06:14 PM

yeah. i agree. she may be just sensitive. Beanie freaks out if you try to pick him up. screams like i'm killing him.

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 06:36 PM

Puppies are born with only one inate fear- the fear of height.. That is why they freeze when you pick them up- its a fear freeze.
Its hard to say what her past was. For all you know, she was picked was for discipline, or throw in a cage or something else. Its hard to say. If its behaviorial, trust will move it aside. Try not to pick her up. Avoid anyway you can..

**ashleycat** · 12-04-2006, 06:45 PM

They did find a sensitive spot on her last rib. She reacted while she was feeling her. They muzzled her. Poor thing, her mouth was bleeding a lil bit from it. I'm guessing she bit her toungue. So I'm going with ya when you say she might have cracked rib and not shown on x ray.

That said. I do believe she was abused. That would explain why she is skiddish around my husband, is hand shy and doesn't want to be picked up. Does'nt want to be picked up for fear her rib might hurt. She probably got kicked. She walked away from me when we were in a parking lot and she got out of my car. I just grabbed her colar and she yellped, went to the ground and peed a lil bit.

I'm able to cuddle her a bit now since we came from vets. She's happy to be home.

**borzoimom** · 12-04-2006, 06:59 PM

Cracked ribs are painful, and if it runs along the bone, almost impossible to spot. If the vet found a sore spot then its not behavioral.
Zubin pinched a nerve in his neck that made him scream badly if he tried to put his head down to rest. They gave him a bute morphine shot and remendyl and boy- it knocked him out!! Here is a picture of him .. It hurt but the next day there was improvement. They were afraid he fractured his neck slamming with his sister.