Hi. I have a cavapoo who was involved in a RTA. 2 mo this ago.He had various injuries, but most are healing now. His front right leg is still lame when walking, but moves both front legs together happily , but can put it to the ground when standing And walking slowly. With a very little weight bearing. He is diagnosed with brachial plexus, hopefully just stretched though. My question is how long do you generally wait for improvement, should I be taking him for short exercise (5-10 mins) to help with muscle strength now as advised by My specialist vet.

My dog recently underwent emergent splenectomy for ruptured spleen. Histology still pending. Its POD 4 and she has overall recovered well except one drastic complication. We tried getting her up and she has weakness and paralysis in her front limbs. One limb can bear some weight but she has limited control over it. The other front limb is flaccid. Edema is present and has been resolving but the vet is blaming vasculitis and subsequent nerve compression. I on the other hand believe this is from poor positioning during surgery and over stretching of the brachial plexus.

My dog Lady was hit by a car and has a brachial plexus injury. It has only been 3 weeks but our vet is already recommending amputation. I am wondering if we should get her an MRI or CT scan to better see her injury before amputating her leg. She is 3 years old and a lab mix. The vet has said she is deep pain negative and has a less than 5% chance of recovering function. We just don't know if it is good to move forward with the amputation this week or if it is best to wait 4-6 weeks to give her a better shot at recovery. If she were to recover would her leg work or just feel pain? We just don't want to make a rash decision for our baby girl!

My lab has been diagnosed with nerve damage affecting his front leg which he is reluctant to put weight on. He yelps if his elbow is moved. The vet confirmed he has sensation in his paw and thinks it is likely the trauma took place by him jumping or getting his leg stuck. How likely is he to make a full recovery?

my three year old mutt got hit by car. has brachial plexus. Have been doing therapy and magnetic therapy will that help? Its been four weeks and she has muscle sensation, will give me her paw on that leg. vet said she has feeing

My poor baby, Milo, jumped out of the car last week. He was on a leash that I had around my hand, but out he went. Fortunately, we weren't going very fast and there were no broken bones (just some mild road rash). However, Milo is suffering brachial plexus injury symptoms in his left front arm. He is able to walk on three legs, but does not have sensation of the leg and is knuckling his paw under. He can hold the paw up slightly but not much. When he was admitted to the ER, they claimed he had zero deep pain perception and that we would most likely have to amputate. Heart breaking, but so happy I got to take my baby home. Next, we went to a neurologist who thought he might actually have some deep pain since his panting stopped whenever she would squeeze between his toes. I am not too sure if I should get my hopes up, but he is scheduled to start PT on Thursday. Hopefully, we will know more then. We are going to do everything we can to save the leg, but I am not too sure what is going to happen. I have yet to read/hear a successful rehabilitation of this kind of injury, so I am super nervous to see the outcomes of the PT

Our dog jumped out of our car while we were driving. After rushing her to the vet we were told she had no broken bones but suffered from Brachial Plexus. At that time she has no feeling but could move her shoulder. Over the next few days we were told that she had some feeling in her toes. She is in a full cast and is getting checked weekly. I noticed when I play with her toes she no longer moves her foot. Could that feeling have gone away?