hi all,
a lady who used my stud dog recently has phoned me to let me know how the pups are doing.
All are well apart from one of the male is very shakey, they are just starting to walk and get around but this one just flops over. He eats really well etc but has a major shakey problem do you know what this could be or have you seen it before.
she has had the dog to the vet but he says somthing in the brain may be under developed.
is there hope of this puppy coming right.

Without a definite diagnosis of the problem it'd only be guesswork, I'm afraid.

I had a wobbly pup about three weeks ago, seemed to go into a shakey fit whenever standing so I took him to my wonderful vet. They also suggested that there may be a neurological (God help my spelling!) problem but to see how things progressed over the next couple of weeks. He was also very well in every other way. Im glad to say that he is now fine, I did seperate him from the others at feed time to ensure that he was getting his fair share and he has gone from strength to strength. Keep us informed of how the wee one gets on.

Some pups are just slower than others through the milestones.  Lets face it our kids walk at different ages.  My daughter was 11 months, my son barely managing a few steps at 14 months.

we had a litter of two,and one was very,very wobbly,it was almost like seeing double she was shaking so fast when trying to move/stand,we took her to vets,who also said see how it develops,but was speaking about her to a lady in leonbergers,who said she quite often sees this and its nothing to worry about,give her a few drops of liquid calcium,and leave her alone,this went on for several weeks,must admit I was quite concerned about her,well we ended up keeping her as I really wanted to make sure she would end up with no permanant damage(not sure if I worded that right)and I did not want to pass on what might be a problem to new owners later on in life(oh all right I loved her and she stayed)well,two years down the line,she is fine has just been hip and elbow scored,with very good scores,I will say she does sometimes,when very tired sort of shake on one of her back legs when trying to lay down,but nothing really wrong,

Wendy

hi all,
thanks for that it has made me feel a hell if a lot better about, but i am still worried about it being somthing in the lines, i know it could even be from the bitch but i am worried it is from my male. i am probably being silly and there has never been any problems at all with all the pups that he has sired before but i would hate to be responsible for the suffering of a puppy, i am sure you all know how i feel