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Lab with arthritis?
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I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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I use Joint Enhancer a chewable pork/liver favor tablets, I get at at
Petmeds.com. It really has helped Katie my 13 yrs old mix. Good Luck "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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I use Joint Enhancer a chewable pork/liver favor tablets, I get at at
Petmeds.com. It really has helped Katie my 13 yrs old mix. Good Luck "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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Best thing that helped my little 14 year old get around was Glucosamine
Sulfate. At first I started giving the powder from inside capsules. Later, I found a liquid pharmaceutical grade Glucosamine/Condrytin (sp?). Within 3 days she was moving around much better and started running around again. (Capules work much slower than the liquid, and not quite as well, but they do help). Prior to trying this stuff, the vet had given me some things, but none worked that great but some caused very unpleasant side effects. The vet had also given me some MSM, which has worked wonders on some animals, but I did not notice any additional improvements in Taff, over what she was already getting. Best of Luck! Andrea "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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Best thing that helped my little 14 year old get around was Glucosamine
Sulfate. At first I started giving the powder from inside capsules. Later, I found a liquid pharmaceutical grade Glucosamine/Condrytin (sp?). Within 3 days she was moving around much better and started running around again. (Capules work much slower than the liquid, and not quite as well, but they do help). Prior to trying this stuff, the vet had given me some things, but none worked that great but some caused very unpleasant side effects. The vet had also given me some MSM, which has worked wonders on some animals, but I did not notice any additional improvements in Taff, over what she was already getting. Best of Luck! Andrea "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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Nutro makes a food that contains Glucosamine, get that (for seniors). Also,
you can get glucosamine/chondroiton supplements at the pet store or Target, or the grocery. Shark cartiledge is supposed to be good. The best prescription is Adequan. http://www.luitpold.com/animal_healt...ne/faq/faq.htm Also, try Cosequin (from your vet). Etogesic and Rimadyl are newer drugs that are much more effective than aspirin and for long term use, safer. Like the arthritis drugs people take, they are expensive (about a dollar a day), but can make a huge difference in the lives of arthritic old dogs. These are prescription drugs which must be obtained from a veterinarian. However, do be careful with these drugs. They can have some severe side effects and have caused death in a small percentage of dogs. "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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Nutro makes a food that contains Glucosamine, get that (for seniors). Also,
you can get glucosamine/chondroiton supplements at the pet store or Target, or the grocery. Shark cartiledge is supposed to be good. The best prescription is Adequan. http://www.luitpold.com/animal_healt...ne/faq/faq.htm Also, try Cosequin (from your vet). Etogesic and Rimadyl are newer drugs that are much more effective than aspirin and for long term use, safer. Like the arthritis drugs people take, they are expensive (about a dollar a day), but can make a huge difference in the lives of arthritic old dogs. These are prescription drugs which must be obtained from a veterinarian. However, do be careful with these drugs. They can have some severe side effects and have caused death in a small percentage of dogs. "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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"Peppergirl" wrote ...
I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Murphy is an 11 year-old lab cross who has been on arthritis meds for less than a year. She was stiff in the hind legs and limping, especially after exercise. We tried her on rimadyl but the meat flavouring upset her inflammatory bowel disease, so now she's on norocarp, which is an anti-inflammatory very much like rimadyl, plus we get cartrophen shots every 3 months to help prevent the arthritis from progressing too quickly. She was like a different dog once she started anti-inflammatories - she really got her 'bounce' back. We hadn't realised that she didn't have that bit of extra perkiness until she got it back. She still had a slight limp until she was given an anti-inflammatory shot for something else. She lost the limp and hasn't got it back for a couple of months (though she was a bit stiff when we tried cutting her norocarp back from 2 to 1 a day; alternating 1 and 2 each day seems to work best, and it leaves us a little leeway to increase the dose back up to 2 a day in future if she needs it). Funny though, when I mentioned to the vet that she'd lost the limp after the shot, the vet looked puzzled and said something along the lines of "I did get you to stop the norocarp for a few days, didn't I?" Nope, she hadn't, which might explain why Murphy's limp disappeared! Sounds like it might be a bit risky to do that deliberately, but it was a happy fluke all the same. Rachel (New Zealand) |
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"Peppergirl" wrote ...
I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Murphy is an 11 year-old lab cross who has been on arthritis meds for less than a year. She was stiff in the hind legs and limping, especially after exercise. We tried her on rimadyl but the meat flavouring upset her inflammatory bowel disease, so now she's on norocarp, which is an anti-inflammatory very much like rimadyl, plus we get cartrophen shots every 3 months to help prevent the arthritis from progressing too quickly. She was like a different dog once she started anti-inflammatories - she really got her 'bounce' back. We hadn't realised that she didn't have that bit of extra perkiness until she got it back. She still had a slight limp until she was given an anti-inflammatory shot for something else. She lost the limp and hasn't got it back for a couple of months (though she was a bit stiff when we tried cutting her norocarp back from 2 to 1 a day; alternating 1 and 2 each day seems to work best, and it leaves us a little leeway to increase the dose back up to 2 a day in future if she needs it). Funny though, when I mentioned to the vet that she'd lost the limp after the shot, the vet looked puzzled and said something along the lines of "I did get you to stop the norocarp for a few days, didn't I?" Nope, she hadn't, which might explain why Murphy's limp disappeared! Sounds like it might be a bit risky to do that deliberately, but it was a happy fluke all the same. Rachel (New Zealand) |
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I"m intrigued with the description of legs starting to "slide". Have you had
this seen by the vet? A common injury for the stifle (knee) is torn cruciate ligaments. A painful cause of arthritis in the rear legs of dogs is torn cartilage. The best way to correct either of these two injuries is unfortunately surgery. It can do wonders for return to function. We've been there with Molly (4 1/2 yrs Rott x Ridgeback) She is also getting a combination supplement of Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM and Yucca. We do believe that it makes a difference. The foods that contain Glucosamine don't have anything like a therapeutic dose in them BTW. During the acute injury phase Molly received Metacam (Rx) as well. "Peppergirl" wrote in message ... Hi! I have a nine year old lab who has arthritis, i've just noticed in the last few days, her back legs, are starting to slide a bit, anyone else had this? I thought they just got stiff and hard to walk! Guess not! Has anyone tried any medication that has helped their best friend???? Thanks! Peppergirl http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/ |
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