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My dog jumped in hot bath. Why is he weak, shivering, and limping?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Male | unneutered | 2 years and 4 months old | 42 lbs

My dog jumped into a hot bath 5 days ago he was fine but for yesturday and today he is poorly he is shivvering a bit now and again and he is walking weird anx finding it had to jump on the sofa i cannot see any redness or burns to him and he was fine up until now hes normaly a energetic dog but has been not himself for 2 days now

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Answered By C. Rathjens, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 28th, 2018

It's unlikely that the bath burned him if it was a temperature that a human was comfortable with. However, he could have pulled something in a leg or his neck. Since it's been going on for 2 days at this point, I'd recommend a general check up to try to determine what is going on.

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