Dog is unable to open jaw, can barely stand up, vomiting.

My husky is a puppy and she stepped on a rusty nail about 3 days ago and i just took her into the vet. They think they should just cut off her leg but i was wondering if there could be a treatment to save her leg. Currently the infection is only in her paw but it is starting to spread more. Is there any way to save her leg and paw and remove the infection properly?

My small 6 year old Maltese was having visible behavior changes about a week and a half ago, starting October 31st I noticed she was acting a little strange. She tends to get depressed if I’m not home often enough. Lately I’ve been working long hours so i figured she was just depressed, my family members also noticed she wasn’t acting the same. Sunday November 5th came around and her behavior became a little more pronounced and stood out to me, also since I finally had a day off, i was able to spend more time with her and notice the changes. I did notice she wasn’t eating her regular dry food..i flashed back to when i last feed her, later to remember the last time i put food in her bowl was Wednesday or Thursday, the food was still sitting there and looked untouched. Later that same day i was having chicken for lunch when i noticed she was watching me eat. At this point i had already noticed she wasn’t eating so i hoped maybe if i fed her small pieces she would eat it at least. Sure enough she swallowed each piece (w/out chewing). I did find it a little strange but i couldn’t pin point what the issue was. Though i did noticed her being extremely attached to me. Like I said, figured she was just sad because she missed me being home. Monday November 6, came around..coming back from work I noticed she didn’t greet me the way she typically does, which right away i knew something was wrong. Normally she gets super excited, runs to me with her tail wagging, has me pet her and runs to inhale her water. This time, tail between her legs with a half effort greet, and an attempt of drinking her water, then walks away. I noticed she was unable to drink so, i quickly tried to give her some white rice the size of my thumb. Nothing. Thought maybe a treat would hype her up, which she did get excited for but when it came time to pick it up with her mouth, a face of sadness came across her face. I walked over to the living room left on the floor to see what she would do. She smelled it, tried picking it up several times and finally got the strength to. She jumped on the couch and held her treat with her two paws and made a very dainty attempt on chewing it and then gave up. Quickly realized there had to be an issue with mouth, i checked her teeth and gums checking to see if she react to my touch, nothing. I then tried to open her mouth and with a loud yelp she yelled in pain. Right away I knew she needed to see a vet. Which I was planning on taking her during my lunch the next day. We went to bed and was waken up in the middle of the night by my bed shaking. I noticed it was my dog severally trembling, at first i thought it might be a seizure but she was still getting up walking around just trembling like crazy. I immediately got scared, called a local animal hospital to see what i should do this late in the night. They told me it was most likely a symptom to the pain she was having and she should be fine waiting in the morning. I took her to the vet as soon at the vet office opened. Explained to the vet her symptoms and she then also attempted to open her mouth, again made the same yelp. The vet told me she had locked jaw, prescribed her prednisone 3mg/ml 2cc twice a day for 7 days, 2cc once day for 7 days, and 2cc every other day for 7 days and cimetidine syrup 60mg/ml 1cc twice a day for 7 days or until gone, they ran blood work which per the vet stated everything came back normal except for her white blood count coming back a little elevated, which might mean an infection so they prescribed her clavamox 1cc twice a day- started November 11th. My dog seems to be feeling better and finally making attempts at chewing her rope toys but today I thought I’d look more into locked jaw in dogs and do my research, which I noticed most say it may be tetanus and a lot of the cases don’t tend to end well or it’s a long recovery because most vets aren’t familiar with how to treat it since it’s fairly rare. But also noticed in most stories/cases there’s an injury first or laceration then turns to tetanus. There were never visible signs of an injury or puncture. She also isn’t the most outdoorsy. Is it possible my dog might have tetanus? Is my pet being treated correctly? If this isn’t tetanus what might it be?

My puppy is about two months old and has just been diagnosed with both parvo and tetanus/lockjaw. What can I do to help? I'll need to bring him home from the vet soon because of costs (he's been on an IV for calories, antibiotics, vitamins, fluids, etc) and am wondering how to keep him hydrated and fed to get past the parvo, but when the lockjaw makes dehydration worse Im ready and willing to give him care to keep his calories and fluids up, but am afraid his lockjaw may prevent this or that he may even drown if his throat becomes paralyzed Symptoms began Saturday, and he's been on IV since Monday morning. It's Wednesday now. Does his survival these past days give him better survival chances? The vet says he hasn't gotten any better...(but at least he's not worse) he was still very active, happy, and had an apetite when we brought him in

I've had a puppy for a few months, that was dumped. The past few days, she's had a sudden onset of weird symptoms. She stiffens up, falls over and convulses briefly when she's excited about food, but recovers immediately, and eats fine. I've seen seizures in dogs before, and this is different. There's no post-ictal phase. She's also started violently twitching during REM sleep, but again, is fine when she wakes up. I didn't think anything of it, but around the same time these symptoms started, she began holding her ears up differently. She doesn't appear to have any pain, or trouble breathing, and she rarely goes outside, so I don't know how she would've contracted tetanus, but this is the closest explanation I've seen, so far. What else might it be, if it's not tetanus? Neurological disorders are very expensive to test for, so it would be helpful to narrow it down, if possible. Any help is appreciated.

My dog got sick 7 days after she was spayed. First signs were vomiting, not eating, drinking was walking with hunched back(very stiff), didn’t come when I called her( which is not like her at all). Then started drooling, And her eyes were very red and she had 3rd eye prolapse, took her to vet and they asked if I’ve given her anything different to eat and I did give her goat meat(my husband goes hunting sometimes and brings home goat or kangaroo meat for the dogs) so Lucy had little nibble of the goat leg. They thought straight away it’s the goat meat(too fatty) or the hair is stuck in her stomach. They did X-ray and later that day blood test etc but X-ray didn’t show anything and blood test came back with high cholesterol and everything else was normal. They said to take her back home for the night that she looks like she is a bit better, they did give her fluids, but I saw she wasn’t better at all, she just looked so sad and couldn’t even open her jaw to drink. Next morning I took her back to vet and they gave her more fluids and antibiotics but they still said they weren’t sure what’s going on with her. They looked after her that night and next day they said she is worse and her tongue is blue and she had seizure. She died few hours later. I wish I could of seen this page few days earlier, maybe she could of got the right treatment right from the start and she would still be alive.

My dog started off vomitting and not eating a week after her spay and they thought it was stomach bug. We were told to watch her when we called the vet. 24 hours later we noticed her ears were scrunched up on top of her head and she had her 3rd eyelid exposed. She started moving slower and got real stiff she could barely walk or play. We took her to the Vet ER where she had a seizure in the waiting room, due to the loud door alarm. They diagnosed her after noticing her symptoms and that her phosphate levels were high and they put her on penicillin, muscle relaxers, and a valium drip till they were able to get the Antitoxin the next morning. She also was being given an IV and lipids because she was not eating. She had to be moved to a quiet, dark room in order not to stimulate her too much. After 36 hours the emergency vet said they she seemed to be making slow progress and that she might need to be in the vet for another week. After spending $3,600 for her to be there for 3 days we moved her to her regular vet. They noticed she was hungry and could lick wet food from a syringe. She aspirated her food once in which they acted quickly and gave her oxygen. But after she recovered little by little for a week. She went from being so stiff, she couldn't move at all to wagging her tail a little to moving her head a little to being able to sit up and eventually stand and walk--all over the course of a week and a half, before she could finally come home. Our vet gave us a huge break on what should have been a $1,700 bill to $600. She was on two weeks of valium, muscle relaxers, something for digestion, and something else. She is now 10 months old and fully recovered. I hope this helps anyone thinking about going through this process. I am in good amount of debt but my puppy is still alive and I am lucky to have a vet who loves her as much as we do.

Hi my dog got his paw stucked in a rusting nail inside his dog house this morning. He hurts himself while my father is pulling it out from his paw. After that we put betadine on the infected area. Is that right? and after that our dog vomited, but not too much. He vomited a small amount of yellowish liquid, can you explain what happened? I saw that there's no "vomiting" at the symptoms of tetanus in dogs. And what are your recommendations about this situation? Thankyou so much!

My baby was diagnosed with tetanus when I brought her to the vet 10 days ago. She was confined for almost 4 days and I transferred her to another vet and confined her for a day due to financial constraints. She is currently being observed at home. She can already drink (sometimes choking) and eat soft foods and rarely drools. She is always excited seeing us and sometimes tries to run and jump (which im not sure if its good for her). Sometimes I see her twitching or shaking while sleeping which raises an alarm on me. I can still feel her swollen lymph nodes and rigid chest and face. Her ears are still erect and sometimes I can tell that she still is having a hard time to breath. I can also see that sometimes she is limping. As of now, Im not sure if she is on her way to recovery or she is getting worse.