So if a dog has hip displasia, is surgery the only route?
How about the herbs, minerals, vitamins, which are good for joints?
-Pete

"Kathleen" wrote in message
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So if a dog has hip displasia, is surgery the only route?
How about the herbs, minerals, vitamins, which are good for joints?
-Pete



Hip dysplasia is a congenital malformation of the hip joint. The bones
don't fit right. The surfaces grind against each other in ways they
were never designed to tolerate, causing pain and inflammation. There
are no herbs, minerals or vitamins that can go in and correct the shapes
of the malformed bone-y structures involved. You can give
antinflammatories to treat the pain (with varying degrees of success),
but the only cure is surgery.

Kathleen

aaaahh, so it's congenital

But what about chondroitin?

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So if a dog has hip displasia, is surgery the only route?
How about the herbs, minerals, vitamins, which are good for joints?
-Pete



Hip dysplasia is a congenital malformation of the hip joint. The bones
don't fit right. The surfaces grind against each other in ways they
were never designed to tolerate, causing pain and inflammation. There
are no herbs, minerals or vitamins that can go in and correct the shapes
of the malformed bone-y structures involved. You can give
antinflammatories to treat the pain (with varying degrees of success),
but the only cure is surgery.

Kathleen

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But what about chondroitin?




It is not curing anything.
It is only helping to reduce the effects/symptoms and the damage will
continue to get worse.
This is a poor example but:
It's sort of like giving a very badly injured person Morphine. No pain
but they are likely to go out and do more damage as they don't feel what
their body is trying to tell them.

Get the operation done, give the dog to someone who will get it done, or
destroy the dog.....


Borzoi

"Borzoi" wrote in message
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It is not curing anything.
It is only helping to reduce the effects/symptoms and the damage will
continue to get worse.
This is a poor example but:
It's sort of like giving a very badly injured person Morphine. No pain
but they are likely to go out and do more damage as they don't feel what
their body is trying to tell them.

Get the operation done, give the dog to someone who will get it done, or
destroy the dog.....

Whoa nellie!
If a dog is so severely dysplastic that it cannot function without pain and
has no quality of life, then your advice may be valid. However, there is no
black and white - there are degrees of dysplasia ranging from borderline to
mild to moderate, and depending on the situation, it is entirely possible to
manage it without surgery. My eldest dog, a 45 lb. collie mix, was diagnosed
with mild dysplasia and the beginnings of arthritic changes at age 3. That
was six years ago. I did not go the surgical route - in fact, that was not
even a consideration by the vet. What I did do was start him on a
glucosamine/MSM routine and make sure he remained thin and fit, so that his
muscle mass would support his joints but no excess weight to increase the
stress on them. Now at 9 years of age, he still runs and plays like a puppy,
with only occasional stiffness on cold nights - he is still slim and well
muscled and full of joy. I'm fortunate no one was around to give out bad
advice back when he was diagnosed...

Christy

thats it christy
there are differing severitys in hd just like arthritis for example

for the beginnings of hd and even when its started to show, before the vet
is wanting to operate i mean.
we do say to put a capsule of cod liver oil in with your dogs food every
day.


when its been diagnosed by your vet he may only check it with your dogs
annual booster or if its more advanced he might ask you to go in slightly
more often ~ my dalmatians goes in every 6 months for her heart murmer
check just to make sure its not worsening.

"Christy" wrote in message
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was six years ago. I did not go the surgical route - in fact, that was
not
even a consideration by the vet. What I did do was start him on a
glucosamine/MSM routine and make sure he remained thin and fit, so that
his
muscle mass would support his joints but no excess weight to increase the
stress on them. Now at 9 years of age, he still runs and plays like a
puppy,
with only occasional stiffness on cold nights - he is still slim and well
muscled and full of joy. I'm fortunate no one was around to give out bad
advice back when he was diagnosed...

Whew! I was about to say the exact same thing! Coda was diagnosed w/
unilateral CHD, borderline mild/moderate at around 10-11 of age. Surgery
was never an option for him, because of the awful reaction he had when he
was neutered at 6 mos (they nearly lost him). He too is kept thin,
exercised moderately, and still very active at 6 years of age.

Shelly w/ Coda & The Black Pack

"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Whew! I was about to say the exact same thing! Coda was diagnosed w/
unilateral CHD, borderline mild/moderate at around 10-11 of age.

Sorry...this should say "around 10-11 months of age."

Duh...:-)
Shelly...

"Christy" wrote in message
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"Borzoi" wrote in message
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It is not curing anything.
It is only helping to reduce the effects/symptoms and the damage will
continue to get worse.
This is a poor example but:
It's sort of like giving a very badly injured person Morphine. No pain
but they are likely to go out and do more damage as they don't feel what
their body is trying to tell them.

Get the operation done, give the dog to someone who will get it done, or
destroy the dog.....

Whoa nellie!
If a dog is so severely dysplastic that it cannot function without pain
and
has no quality of life, then your advice may be valid. However, there is
no
black and white - there are degrees of dysplasia ranging from borderline
to
mild to moderate, and depending on the situation, it is entirely possible
to
manage it without surgery. My eldest dog, a 45 lb. collie mix, was
diagnosed
with mild dysplasia and the beginnings of arthritic changes at age 3. That
was six years ago. I did not go the surgical route - in fact, that was not
even a consideration by the vet. What I did do was start him on a
glucosamine/MSM routine and make sure he remained thin and fit, so that
his
muscle mass would support his joints but no excess weight to increase the
stress on them. Now at 9 years of age, he still runs and plays like a
puppy,
with only occasional stiffness on cold nights - he is still slim and well
muscled and full of joy. I'm fortunate no one was around to give out bad
advice back when he was diagnosed...

Christy

NO way I could stand to destroy him. I also can't afford the operation, nor
the stress it would cause on the dog. I will go the glucosamine/MSM route.
Thanks.
-Pete