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Originally posted by Flow
I had one for about 5 years. He was not overweight by any means and not very active, but I had to put him to sleep about a year ago because he became paralyzed from the middle of his back and down. This is fairly common in dogs with long bodies as the weight of it tends to make the back kill nevers and stuff.
Don't know the whole medical explination of it all, but I know it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do putting him down. Might want to concider that part of it before you get one.
One a positive note, he was a great fucking dog - probably the best one I have ever had!
Flow
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I came home about 6 weeks ago to oscar limping on his back legs, within about an hour he was totally paralyzed. Fortunately, we have one of the top animal surgery centers only a couple miles from my house. They called in a surgeon at 8pm and did emergency surgery. He is now doing very well, no pain and has 90% of his motion back. If he would not have had surgery within a couple hours, he would have been permanently paralyzed.