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Cali the Golden one does this often. Does your dog sleep on her back and then lift her legs in the air?
Makana's a real slacker. As long as you feed her regularly, a walk, & play a little - she will sleep her day away. She also likes to snuggle & hide under the blankie when it's cold.
I went into the bedroom and saw Nala peeking at me from under the bed frame. I called her out and she seemed to be hiding from me, and went back "into" the bed area. I kept calling her and she was shaking, like most chihuahuas when they get nervous. This was unusally as Nala is ten-years-old and has never acted this way. Sure she can be a "pill" and not answer when I call, but she doesn't shake when I do find her - she usually comes out and looks at me as if to say, "I could hear you, but you didn't say why you were calling me." Little stinker.
So, back to the story - Nala yelped when I tried to pick her up. Another strange behavior. First hiding, now yelping, I never touched her, I was about too, so she anticipated some sort of pain. The next day, Sunday, Nala didn't want to get out of bed. I carried her bed to the puppy pad, her food and water and she didn't want to come out. I was concerned that she was having some sort of side-effect from her vaccinations. After reading a number of things on both rabies and bordetella vaccines, I was convinced she was having problems from the rabies vaccine. I contacted a veteranarian and he said without seeing her he would guess that she's reacting to the rabies, the limping or dragging of her hind legs (a symptom of side-effects from rabies) should go away in 4-5 days, however if she had a fever or other problems to bring her in to the Vet.
Nala seemed to improve by Wed, however this morning she did the same thing - yelped before I even touched her, limped when walking and didn't want food or water. Makana was also acting stragely last night, so I was paranoid that they both were having vaccine side-effects. I called the vet and since we are new to the area, we needed to find a regular vet to go to for these types of situations. I also needed to find a non-anesthetic dental cleaning vet and found one the other day by internet. I was glad I took them in, Nala seems to be ok, per the vet, just a sore spot where the shot was given, based on her checking Nala's hind legs, muscles, and walking. Nala was sent home with pain killers and once we save up, she will need regular anethesia teeth cleaning. Makana on the other hand has a couple things going on with her, in addition to needing to lose weight - you can read more about Makana on other posts and see how she enjoys her new diet food.
Aloha - m&n's mom, along with cali and the rest of the gang.
