New Here & Dog Help

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Welcome Jay,

 

I'm also new to this list. Re: your question about " Nut "

 

From all the canine health lists I'm on, I've learned that there are

several

basic things you can do to help your dog. It would be helpful to know

if

he really has HD, but sometimes the vets are mistaken, esp. when the

dog is so very young. I had a year old Irish Wolfhound that a vet

asked

me, when are you going to bring her in for treatment of her hip

displasia?

Well, at 3 yrs, her x-rays show that she has " Excellent' hips. However

she does have a problem with her tibia.

 

I'm wondering if your giving this hound a 'time out' from free exercise

isn't the best thing you can be doing. Personally (I'm NO vet or

expert)

I'd start this hound on a high dosage of glucosamine/chondroitin and

some MSM. Post me if you want particulars - vistadel

as I don't know if this is off thread for this list and don't want to

clog it

further with details. IMHO the 'rest' (even 2 months) of some

confinement

-puppies do need exercise, but walking around is best, not the running

and twisting and turning - would be most beneficial as well as the

adding

of supplementation which could help as he is young enough to have the

supplements do some major good. Oops! almost forgot to mention,

I don't think extra calcium for puppies (at least for Irish Wolfhounds)

is

a good thing to do. Will research further....maybe others on this list

can give you a for sure answer to that question. Also, arthritis is

not

helped by ingestion of carbohydrates. They tend to add to inflamation

of the joints. See the bowchow site below, think it has more on this.

 

for info on possible therapies, I'd suggest that you join the Orthodogs

list

at - there is much excellent information there. Also

take a brief look at: http://www.bowchow.com/ click on arthritis

(I think).

 

Feel free to post me if you want further choices and articles.

 

Best of luck w/ " Nut "

marian, Creena, Gareth & SamThePoodle

 

 

 

On Jun 27, 2004, at 2:30 AM,

wrote:

 

> " Jay " <hally_hackney

> new here(hi!) & dog help

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm new here, just thought i'd say hi. My name is Jay and i live in

> Lincolnshire, UK. I have two Hackney Horses, and three dogs, and i'm

> currently studying politics at university!

>

> I do have a slight problem that i was wondering if anyone could help

> with... On tuesday i was given a 4 1/2 month old

> lurcher boy by a man saying that he " didn't get on " with this man's

> jack russel. On taking the dog (name - nut) to the vets for jab/chip

> i was told he was in there on tuesday afternoon with said man, and

> had been diagnosed with possible hip displasia due to coursing

> heavily from 2 months old. Hence the dog being thrown at me on

> tuesday evening, the guy just handed me the lead and off he went

> quick as possible !

>

> Anyway, Nut is a bit stiff on his back legs after he's been lying

> down, and has trouble jumping up onto bed/sofa etc, but he does

> loosen up with a bit of walking, although i've been told not to

> excercise him too much. I just wondered, if anyone had come across

> this or something similar before in humans or animals, and could

> reccommend some herbal/alternative therapy that will help him through

> this. I'm feeding high protein dog biscuit(pro-plan) and he is on a

> daily dose of calcium for his bones, but any more advice would be

> greatly appreciated. He's a super little dog, really happy and fun

> and i don't want to see him in any pain.