UPDATE: I took Otis for our daily walk/run and he busted out of the gates, urinated, but on our way home he wanted to take a shortcut, which he never does, and he kept pacing back and forth when I wouldn't let him go that way. He started choking and then vomited the food I gave him and some of his dry food. On our way home I noticed his gait was different and he tended to favor his back legs. We went to lay down and he has been 50/50 acting strange. He gets up and sprints to the window to bark at the mailman/neighborhood kids. He will jump up onto my bed and jump off. But when he gets up on the bed he lays in strange positions like folding his front arms underneath him and laying on his stomach in a straight line (never does this, usually curls or lays on his side). I have felt his hips and back legs, but he doesn't yelp or cry. When we came downstairs to watch the news he ran down, albeit with his tail between his legs, started doing that rubbing his head on the ground (like he is trying to dry off his head after a bath), and sitting down and kind of kicking his back legs and barking loudly at me. He got excited when I went to let him out on his chain but he wouldn't go outside. He is laying with me now but isn't shaking or having an irregular heartbeat.
NOTE: I have always gave him one day when he acts differently/worrisome, like when he gets stung by a bee or has an upset stomach. BUT his actions today have been wholly different than previous events, so if he is still acting up rest assured I will take him to the vet in the morning. THOUGHTS!? |