Hi Basenji lovers:
My Basenji is a stray dog. We have him for 3.5 years. He is the best dog in the world! He is estimated at 8 year old.
But now, he is not feeling good. He has a tremedous pain some where between the neck to the tailbase. We have brought him to the vet several times and then the specialties. After X-rays, MRI, X-rays, the neurologist excluded the disk issue and suspected that he has some kind of tumor growing between shoulder blades and verterbrade. There is a very small chance that that lesion he saw was due to the infection.
The operation is dangerous, not talking about expensive. He may end up paralyzed. We decided to treat him as infection in hope that is the reason.
He was a very active dog just two weeks ago. Now he walked with very arched back and very slow. He can't bend his neck to pick up food from floor. He has pain when he tries to sit down. He feels pain as I touch his sides next to his middle spine.
He is on pain killer, antibiotics and steroids for three days. His pain seems a little bit better but I think he is adapted to how to sit and sleep besides the pain killer.
He is such a sweet dog. I don't know what to do. I don't want him to suffer but I don't want him go without trying everything else. Now he is really suffering. He is only 8, if the estimate was right.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Banjo