I don't know if it's related to his problem, but two weeks ago, Duke cut his face really bad on a metal fence and was prescribed anti-biotics, which we began giving him. At that time he was walking fine and running, very active.

After a few days, one night he had a severe limp in one of his hind legs. He was walking with the leg very stiffly. The next morning I noticed that the lower half of the leg was noticeably colder than his other legs. I took him to the vet, who did X-rays and diagnosed him with severe displaysia and sent us home with an anti-inflammatory, which we gave him that night.

The next morning he was in severe pain that seemed to be affecting both hind legs. I noticed him walking on the tops of his back feet. We took him to our other vet who noticed some neurological disfunction but basically agreed with the diagnosis of severe displaysia and sent him home with the steroid Prednisone, which we began giving him instead of the anti-inflammatory.

After a few more days of resting, he could sometimes walk almost normally, but then his situation worsened and he could barely get up to go to the bathroom. Both rear legs were cold and yesterday We took him to a specialist. While being examined, he began to exhibit a problem with one of his front legs. He was rolling over the foot and sort of walking on the top of that one as well. I noticed that foot was also now cold. He now has only the one front leg which is still warm and functioning normally.

The specialist sent us for a hell day of MRI, looking at the spine. We drove two hours which became very uncomfortable for Duke. Upon arriving, he flopped out of the car onto the parking lot where he lay for half an hour before being able to move inside.

I strongly suspect something else is wrong, given the migration of the symptoms to the front foot. Especially the coldness seems to be something that they don't have an answser for. This started one week ago today and I am afraid we will have to put him down due to the pain he is in and the lack of an accurate diagnosis compounded by the enormous expense of the MRI and possible further suggested surgery.

He is an incredibly obedient and loyal dog. I would spend the money for surgery if I thought that would help him but at this point I'm afraid the doctors don't know what's wrong with him and are doing only what they know how to do.