NEED PT PRAYERS FOR RIPLEY..spinal injury

Ripley was rushed to the vet this morning with a spinal injury, according to the x-ray he has no space between 2 of the discs in in spine, this is genetic and likley from his bosten terrier parent, we were told it could have happend at any time and not from any one thing. currently he can hardly stand up, after lots and lots of rest he is able to walk for about 1 minute before collapsing, but mostly all he can do is sit and lay down and only when we lay him down ourselves. he is a heavy duty anti-inflamitory for a couple weeks and all we can do at this point is hope it heals on its own. he could really usesome PT prayers and good vibes right now.

I am so sorry, Shayna! I hope Ripley is able to get back to his regular self soon..

All paws crossed & prayers going out for Ripley,, poor guy.

Hi God ~

Need summa Your Help fur wunna da Kanada Kids - Ripley ~
Poor Guy's gotta Bum Back - lotta pain iffin he moves around. :(

Kan You help him to *rest* an let da meds start werkin?

Maybe send his Mom a Big {{{God'sHug}}}, too.

THANKS, God!

/s/ the Prayer Pups

Poor Ripley! He will be in our thoughts and prayers here in California!!

I'm so sorry to hear this, I hope Ripley will be ok!!

keep up the good work ripley! eventually if you keep practicing you'll be able to walk a little farther!!!! :p :D

All paws and fingers crossed here. Also I will put Ripley in my prayer group...God bless you, keep hanging in there.
Chi Hugs

thanks guys. he is doing a little better today, he even asked to go outside! yup he managed to walk all the way to the door by himself, so I took him outside and he managed to pee all by himself too, he tryed so hard to lift his leg, he got himself to the closest snowbank and stretch himself out against it so he could lift his leg a little. we called the vet this morning because he was peeing uncontrollably and not drinking, we were told to just give him one more 10mg dose of his med. (which is what was making him pee so much) then cut it to 5mg, and to add extra water to his food. he is most defintaly looking better then he was yesterday though.

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Originally Posted by cali

Ripley was rushed to the vet this morning with a spinal injury, according to the x-ray he has no space between 2 of the discs in in spine, this is genetic and likley from his bosten terrier parent, we were told it could have happend at any time and not from any one thing. currently he can hardly stand up, after lots and lots of rest he is able to walk for about 1 minute before collapsing, but mostly all he can do is sit and lay down and only when we lay him down ourselves. he is a heavy duty anti-inflamitory for a couple weeks and all we can do at this point is hope it heals on its own. he could really usesome PT prayers and good vibes right now.

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Prayers- and anti-inflamatories will hopefully work! Remember- they need time.. Read in dog general about stories as I posted what happened to Hottie. Do not count them out..

Prayers for Ripley.

prayers for ripley.

Glad he's doing better today. Did the vet mean that the discs were fused?
I'm sure with lots of rest he'll be fine.

Poor Ripley, Hope you heel up buddy. Prayers being sent your way from us here at Majestic Collies

Prayers for Ripley!!