DM is a spinal cord disease in which the white matter of the spinal cord breaks down. It slowly worsens until your dog loses coordination and is unable to walk. After the white matter around the nerve ...

Degenerative myelopathy is a degenerative disease of the spinal cord that begins in older adulthood and progresses slowly until dogs are no longer able to walk unassisted. The cause of the disease is ...

[Risa Feldman’s Her Irish wolfhound mix, Ike, was 12-years-old when he was diagnosed with DM. “[The hardest part is] seeing the slow deterioration of your best friend and his confusion,” she said. | ...

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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 ...

Q: Gretchen, our 9-year-old German shepherd, recently developed hind leg weakness. Her veterinarian recommends testing for degenerative myelopathy. Many years ago, another of our shepherds had ...

My veterinarian thinks my dog may have degenerative myelopathy and told me it is only going to get worse. Is there anything I can do to slow down the process? Degenerative myelopathy is a genetic ...

Q: My 10-year-old Lab started dragging her hind feet and dropping stool in the house. She was diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy, and we have to help her walk with a towel sling, which is not very ...

DM is a progressive disease with a genetic link. Veterinarians once believed that this adult-onset condition was an immune disorder related to multiple sclerosis. Research has since proven the cause ...