Help with 15 year old spaniel

Thank you for your quick reply. I have all of those and will start tonight. I’ll give a bit more information I forgot to add while I remember. She has dry nose breathing, she’s had some snot coming out, I think it’s her left nostril but I’ll confirm that when it happens again. She has the classic dry crusty nose which has improved somewhat since the steroids. She was given steroids as a puppy/young dog but they weren’t continued. She does aggravate with the sun, previous ailments which have been initially treated by the vet and further with homeopathy are bronchitis, tracheitis, aural haematoma, she had kidney/urine issues 2 years ago and the hen her heart and joint stiffness developed last year. The heart as I’ve said isn’t causing the vet concern at the moment. Everything else she’s had so far has been cured/healed - no existing symptoms of her previous illnesses.

I’ll give what has been suggested and report back.

Sincere thanks

Hi Anuj,

This is an update on the dog. I have done a lot of observing so I’ve written what has been noted.

Her antibiotics have finished as well as the paracetamol. She’s still on steroids.

After Nux initially, she pee’d the best she had done so far. She was wandering and panting slightly less. I cleaned out her ears, initially it was the right ear and then went to the left. The discharge coming from both was a red/brown, the left had some clear watery fluid and I asked the vet if her ear was cleaned out with anything and I was told no. After 30 mins of Nux, she went to sleep but I had to sit beside her. Wanting to go outside for the fresh air, this has been constant, until this morning she wasn’t doing anything when she got outside, she would just fall/sit down, aside from this morning, this has been the same. Her want for fresh air is a dominant factor at the moment. She’s also worse in the kitchen if the tumble dryer is on and sensitive to the heating if I put that on. We’ve been sleeping in the living room with the window open and a fan on. This morning I think she was awake from about 4am, I woke up not long after. Periodically sleeping through the day.

She has and still is, slipping. Mainly on tiled/laminate flooring but also on the decking outside. I noticed late on, on Saturday night her right front leg was badly swollen. I did consult the vet and being a trauma injury, they weren’t too concerned as she had improved. I gave her pulsatilla (soft tissue) rhus tox and ruta graveolens. She has continued to improve in that respect.

Her bowels are moving quite regular now also. With Nux, her staggering to the left improved.

Noticeable symptoms at the moment are

She can be quite snotty from the right nostril
Balance wise, she’s better at drinking than eating. Tonight she was able to drink for quite a period of time without any problem. Eating is still a bit of a difficulty for her, she falls back, to sitting or staggers mainly to left and I noticed she has a noticeable weakness in her back right leg.

She’s not enjoying her food as much as she usually does, stopping for drinks in between. Happy enough when it comes to treats. She’s on a dry food diet.

She walks quite hunched, as if she’s still sore/tight.

I trimmed her hair yesterday and this didn’t go down too well with her. I do wonder if this has caused a slight set back with her. She was staggering again to the right after this, and had weakened somewhat.

She also has the unwashable dirty skin (she has had both sulphur and Psorinum in the past and did well with both)

She still seems to settle more easily if I’m awake or beside her.

She fights going to sleep also. She’s fidgety and changes her head position a lot. She seems to be walking on the outside of her back right foot also at the moment. When she’s lying down, it can vary slightly but she tends to want to lie with her legs stretched out in front of her and her head, either stretched out in front of her or more to the left.

Her back legs are still quite weak getting up from sitting or lying sleeping although she does manage. It’s more difficult for her if it’s a slippy surface.

Further advice would be appreciated

Thank you,

I will do.

Best Regards

Hi Anuj,

Apologies for the early post. The dog last night was really suffering with her panting. I am waiting on sulphur 30c but as I only had 200c, I gave her a dose of that. It worked great for her. She fell asleep almost instantly. Slept peacefully, she does still have a slight discharge from her right nostril, today she isn’t licking it away herself, which she generally does. It looks like raw egg white. I’ve also noticed and spoke with the vet, again not concerned at this stage as she doesn’t appear to be in pain but there is an occasional click coming from, what I think is her jaw. I’ve got her eating soft food from a saucer today and she seems to be doing well with that.

Do you want me to continue with the 30c when it arrives or do you want me to continue with 200c sulphur? She’s still improving with Nux as well.

Thanks again

Ok, thanks again.

I’ll update further next week

Best regards

Hi Anuj,

This case will need to close for now, pending further investigation. The dog was back at the vet again yesterday. She has a further case of tracheitis. Temperature was 104. Further meds.

Kind regards

As stated. I’ll leave the case here and seek further advice from another member.

Cheers

So what is your point?