Study of Gabapentin in Transient Insomnia Induced by Sleep Phase Advance

There were no confounding factors or medications, the medication was not prescribed due to spinal or leg injury and both back legs ceased to work for the brief period he was on it and function returned as soon as it left his system.

Since then I've heard of several people who had their dogs put down shortly after they were put on gabepentin because they "couldn't walk any longer.", this is my anecdotal experience obviously but if your dog has pain that is unrelated to its spine and is prescribed gabepentin I would give time for it to wear off before putting your dog down.

Getting off it was one of the best things he did