Imagine watching your dog waddle into the room and noticing that he is walking on the top of his back paw. While you may classify it as a harmless quirk, in reality, that “knuckling” action can actually be a response to the dog’s neurological health in distress.
Dr. Joseph Mankin, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, describes the signs and suggested treatment methods of degenerative myelopathy, a neurological disease that results in hind limb weakness and paralysis.
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