Author: dogsadmin

Hi! I’m looking for a good family dog that doesn’t need a lot of exercise BUT –

That will play fetch with us!!

I’m worried Bassets on the whole just won’t enjoy fetch. Can people confirm or deny?

4 year old basset hound woke up yesterday totally normal. Got up and took a walk. Came home, brought him in, I stayed out in the yard for about 20 minutes. When I came in I could tell something was wrong but couldn’t tell what. He was pacing, couldn’t get comfortable, and whining. This went on for about an hour and a half before I brought him to emergency vet.

ER vet ruled out bloat and urinary blockage and diagnosed IVDD by feeling up and down spine. The only thing that caused him to be reactive was manipulating his neck, so she diagnosed that as the issue.

We were sent home with medication protocol for 2 weeks- carprofen, methacarbamol, gabapentin, and trazadone. And limited activity for 2 weeks. However she did *not* say he should be crated. She actually said I could continue bringing him to daycare if the meds keep him sufficiently mellow. Everything I am reading says crate rest, and typically for 4-6 weeks, not 2… was I given bad advice? Or is his protocol shorter because his case is “milder”?

He is very very out of it on the meds and is pretty much staying stationary, but I am not sure if it will stay that way. Luckily my schedule in the summer is more flexible and I can stay home most of the day 3 days a week but typically I am gone all day Tuesdays and Thursdays and he must go to daycare (under normal circumstances) because his separation anxiety is so bad. He is not crate trained at all.