Copper is feeling better

Today, Copper is feeling more like himself than he has since I noticed he was ill last Saturday. He has been running around with the other bassets, and has even barked at the neighbor. However, I have noticed some changes in him that kind of worry me.

1. Because of the prednisone, he is drinking a lot more water than he usually does — which is not a problem — however, he has become very messy when drinking. Half of the water he drinks ends up on the floor rather than inside him. He will drain one bowl, and then drink out of the other bowl. I have put cloth place mats under the water bowls because the floor gets drenched!
2. He doesn’t have the energy to jump up on the furniture like he used to. He will put his front paws up on the couch or chair, and try to climb up using his hind legs. However, because he is so short, it doesn’t work, so he spends all of his time trying to get the leg up.
3. he seems to have lost some coordination. He will step over something on the floor, and end up falling over. For example, he will walk across the memory foam dog bed, and when he tries to walk off of it, he will fall over instead of walking.
   

I’m not sure if the loss of coordination stems from lack of energy, or from something in his brain that isn’t telling his legs to do things right. At this point, I think it is lack of energy for other than the problems listed above, he appears to be understanding things quite well. I plan to bring these things up with the oncologist when I take him for his appointment on Monday.


Copper pushing down the couch pillows so he can lay on them. First time he has done this in over a week.