LadyJane, thank you for the welcome.
Krystal, thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I hope Pasha continues to hang in there. They are such sweet little old men, aren't they ?
Here's the thing with the dorsal paw reflex... My Vet did that with Tobie, however Tobie is a really gentle passive soul. My Vet just stood him up, put the paw in the position then saw nothing happen, and passed judgment. However, as a Physical Therapist, I thought to myself, that's Tobie for you. If he thinks you want his paw like that, he'll leave it there until you move it, he's just shifting his weight to the other 3 paws. I really suspected this because the Vet never fully let go of supporting Tobie's belly.
Anyway, I did the test myself, this time gently pushing Tobie to weight bear evenly and wouldn't you know it, one at a time, each paw popped right back to the correct position.
What I did notice during this little weight bearing exercise, however, is that he is reluctant to bear weight on his left front paw. The reflex is there but he still would rather not bear weight there as strongly as the right front.
Anyway, I know I'm going on too long, I just wanted to thank you for the advice and throw the results out there to you. I will keep you posted Tuesday is the Vet. visit and I'll let you know how it goes. We're weaning the prednisone very slowly and he's doing alright at 20 hours between doses, so today we'll try 24 hours, and continue trying to wean to every 48. |