Amy (Amsterdam, NY) on 04/24/2009
I am looking for any information from ANYONE who has experienced what we now are. Last night, Thursday 4/23 at about 6:30, we brought our 2 young healthy dogs to our vet for their routine vaccines. Sadie, our almost 3 year old German Shorthaired Pointer, got her Adult DHLP-V (Distemper)and Lyme vaccines. She has always been a healthy, happy, energetic girl, and our vet (who we will not be using anymore) said she is in perfect health. Then Grace, our almost 2 year old Mountain Cur who is equally happy and healthy, got her 3 yr rabies vaccination along w/the same distemper as sadie. We went home, and everything was normal. This a.m., i let my girls out as i always do. Typically, they run all over the yard, chasing birds and bunnies until they are exhausted. Not today. Today they came right inside, saide barely able to move. She couldn't walk, her body was shaking, and she was unable to get onto the couch by herself. I called the vet, they said give her some aspirin and limit her activity for 24 hrs. i was so worried about sadie that I didn't notice grace having almost identical problems. She too cannot climb up on the couch w/out help, and has a difficult time sitting/laying down. What do I do?
Replied By Erica (Boston, Ma) on 01/18/2010