Wobblers Sindrome.

[Hump D Dump D]

Anyone herd of it?? our older dog 'sabre' has it, he weable wobbles all over the place!! and even the tiniest lil nudge can nock him down, plus hes old and hes really senile!

[Moo]

http://www.chetbacon.com/wobblers.htm

Sounds painful. How severe is his wobblers?

[Hump D Dump D]

bad, as i said, take one little poke and hes down like a spread eagle. its really sad, but hes still a happy dog. when he was younger he fell doing lour coursing and slid on his neck a long ways. it effected his back legs and hes really unstable. heres a pic of sabre. ibethan hound. thanks for the link moo, ill read up.

[weezyNollie]

How old is he? I've heard and learned about it.. but know more about the Equine version.

[Simon Says]

i know it is very common in great danes, and i am pretty sure most large breeds too!

[Leslie]

I'd never heard of this before. I checked out the website. I've learned so much on this forum! Thanks for starting this thread.

[Dobified]

Wobblers is a genenic disease, and you can have your puupy/dog tested for it. Dobermans are prone to this and our's were both tested, as were the parents to make sure that is would not affect them.


It is not curable.

[every76years]

Hi,
My mother's Doberman had Wobbler's Syndrome. Hers progressed rapidly and became painful. We took Princess to Michigan State Veterinary school for surgery. First they do a myelogram where they send a dye through and take x-rays to see where the spinal canal is compressing. Then they open them up and clean out any debris and fuse the vertebrae together for stability. The surgery was pretty expensive (about$3000), but very successful for her. The only problem we had was when one of her pins worked loose and poked through her skin. The vet did warn us that this surgery is iffy and doesn't always work, but it sure did for her. She was back to her old self in no time.
Lisa and Haley