advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:33:31 GMT

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Hi Paula,

I add it orally to his food twice daily, he loves it and gives his coat a lovely shine and his dry skin has cleared up!! Try the book 'Aloe vera in the veterinary practice' its brilliant :)

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Many thanks for that Ava - I will definitely give it a try

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Ava M — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:53:09 GMT

Hi Paula,

I add it orally to his food twice daily, he loves it and gives his coat a lovely shine and his dry skin has cleared up!! Try the book 'Aloe vera in the veterinary practice' its brilliant :)

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:23:57 GMT

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Hi, I use K-9 liquid glucosamine in my dogs food, its brilliant and also contains Aloe Vera which is a brilliant natural healer, even for arthritis as body extracts what it needs from the Aloe Vera. Worth a try :)

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Hi Ava,

your aloe vera idea is quite interesting!

Would you add it orally to your dogs food? say for example, twice daily?

I would try anything with my Rosie!

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Ava M — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:06:10 GMT

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:56:45 GMT

I have a naughty Pointer who is the exact same!

She is on tramadol amongst other drugs, but the taste of the tramadol really does affect her, she will curl her lips and drool for 30 mins after having had it, so I have now started putting it in a sausages. I buy the sausages 4 or 5 packets at a time and freeze them. Typically, one sausage cooked lasts 3 days and she has no idea the medication is inside it.....yet!! Long may it last lol!!

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Ju_xx — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:55:20 GMT

Thanks for the help everyone :) One of the bosses at work does acupuncture so I may get her to have a look at her :) she is a naughty labrador she doesnt normally worry about what she eats!!

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

SmegSlayer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:20:23 GMT

J/D is good. I'm currently managing an obese lab on j/d reduced calorie and j/d tins- the weight loss is a little slower but her movement and enthusiasm to move is much improved

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Vicky RVN — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:06:36 GMT

A vote from me for acupuncture, hadn't thought about that until Saskia said, doh! We've got a vet who does it, and seen it work really well. Our old receptionists dog had a banana shaped spine, and through regular acupuncture it became much straighter, and her muscles built up well.

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Saskia Quinn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:25:56 GMT

following on from the great advice already given, have you thought about acupuncture? Has been fantastic for my old girl and I would definitely recommend it. Cod liver oil added to the diet can also be a great sucess, can be bought in tesco etc, but definitely check a correct dosage of it with your vet as it can affect the liver if overdosed.

Good luck and let us know how you fair out!

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Faye Sewell — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:58:52 GMT

How about a liquid onto the food like Cortaflex or Arthri-aid?

Have you tried Easeflex chews? not know any dog to hate them!?

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Nessie_W — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:24 GMT

I put a dog on RCW mobility support diet at work and the owner is really pleased with it. It is very expensive but it's work asking royal canin for a deal. Hydrotherapy was great for my shepherd; she had arthritis in most of her joints.

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Shelly vn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:30 GMT

My collie has arthritis in his hips and a course of hydrotherapy helped loads. It took a few weeks to notice the difference but he had his last session in December 2008 and since then he's only need pain meds intermittantly. I would definatly recommend looking into hydrotherapy

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Maisy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:08:43 GMT

I was given a couple of freebie bags of RC Mobility Support and over a course of 2 months did seem to help my old dog. I was a bit sceptical at first but given his age he did do remarkably well considering. Have you tried hydrotherapy?

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Steph Phillips — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:54 GMT

Hi Julie, ..

Have you tried her on weekly cartrophen injs (for 4wks)? It's mainly used for osteoarthritis in dogs, and also helps damaged joint cartilage to recover.. discuss it with your vet first though.. I was advised to use it in Jess (4yr old border terreir), as she would limp and be lame after resting - and the cartrophen helped 100%

Also, you could try giving her a massage over her elbows - be sure to do both of them though, not just the one thats giving her grief, because when she's lame on one, she favours the other, and that will only but more stress on that joint!

Hope that helps x

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Ju_xx — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:26:14 GMT

my labrador is not normal though lol, everyone at work call her a snob!

Re: advice on my dog's lameness please :)

Cat Woman — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:15:04 GMT

Maybe send those rads for a referral/second opinion?

Could try cosequin - they have the chewable tabs. TBH, I've not met a dog that won't take Seraquin!