Posted by admin | Posted in Dog Care Tips | Posted on 09-04-2010
Tags: dog-health, glucosamine_for_dogs, joint, medication, pet
German Shepherd Mix with really bad arthritis...what to do?
My rescued German Shepherd mix is (GUESS) 12 or 13 years old. She has had great difficulty walking over the last 3 to 4 months.
What do you recommend??? Is Rimadyl good? A neighbor said it might have bad liver toxicity?
I tried liquid glucosamine/chondroitin for dogs, and this did absolutely nothing.
Vets or vet techs or pet owners with experience....please help!
I doubt that you would consider paying for the surgery to give her a year or two more pain-free life (well, pain-free once she recovers from the surgery), but at least pay for xrays so that a vet can see where in her hips (I presume that is where you mean, although the disorder can also attack the elbow joint and the shoulder joint) the problem is, and haw far it has progressed. The vet can then tell you how long various treatments are likely to "buy" her, and their costs.
If you are one of those who has their dog pluck a frisbee or a ball out of the air, so that the dog lands hind-legs-first, it is also possible that she has damaged the anterior cruciate ligaments in the knees (ACL) - again, you need a vet to check & diagnose.
If you want to read about the disorders while waiting to see the vet, click http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/The_GSD_Source then Links then Disorders, after which you go to each of the Elbows section, the Hips section, and the Knees section.
Les P, owner of GSD_Friendly: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/GSD_Friendly
"In GSDs" as of 1967
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