Two nights ago my family and I.. (well mainly me) had a serious scare with my dog.. we came home and she got up and it was like she couldn't walk at all. She kept falling over, losing her balance. I had a panic attack. I knew since she was 12 I had to be prepared for anything.... but no, I wasn't prepared at all. If anything happened to my little fuzzball I don't know how I would be able to live life anymore. She's been with us practically ALL my life, well since I was four. I grew up with her and life would seem so empty without her.
But I kind of overreacted. We took her to the vet last night and he said that for her age she's in really good shape. It's mainly her left hip, and that swaying in the back legs, losing balance etc. is a normal thing for German Shepherds. He said as she gets older her hips will start to go down as she loses power in them. He said if it's relating to neurological stuff (the nerves disconnecting from the muscles in her hind legs) then there was nothing we could do about that, it was just going to get worse. But if it was her joints, then there was medicine to ease the pain so we give them to her now and she's been doing better.
She's also going a little bit blind (her eyes are getting cloudy) and she's losing her hearing. He told us with gentle care and stuff she could easily make it through another three to four years so that was VERY good news to me! I love her so much!
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