my 4 month old puppy just got diagnosed with HOD, she is in a lot of
pain, and i really feel for her, does anybody have experience with HOD?
and info would be great.
Pete

"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

my 4 month old puppy just got diagnosed with HOD, she is in a lot of
pain, and i really feel for her, does anybody have experience with HOD?
and info would be great.

What breed? What are you feeding? How much and how often?

Was the diagnosis made by the vet? What has the vet asked you to do?

Suja

Suja wrote:
"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

my 4 month old puppy just got diagnosed with HOD, she is in a lot of
pain, and i really feel for her, does anybody have experience with HOD?
and info would be great.

What breed?
red nose pit

What are you feeding?
i feed iams puppy brand

How much and how often?
3 times a day i bowl each time

Was the diagnosis made by the vet?
yeah, he is one of the best orthopedic vets in my area


What has the vet asked you to do?
he gave her meds (deca-something) and told me to take her temp three
times a day, and give her the meds three times a day slowly decreasing
the dosage

"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

What breed?
red nose pit

What are you feeding?
i feed iams puppy brand

I am more familiar with HOD in giant breed dogs. There, the general advice
is to drop the protein/fat content waaay down, and slow down the growth.
Basically, the recommendation is to feed a high quality adult dog food. I
don't know if this would apply to smaller dogs; you might want to check with
the vet.

How much and how often?
3 times a day i bowl each time

How much is one bowl? Make sure you're not overfeeding the pup, and use
measuring cups, so you know exactly how much she's eating.

yeah, he is one of the best orthopedic vets in my area

In which case, your questions and concerns should be addressed to him.

Suja

Suja wrote:
"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

What breed?
red nose pit

What are you feeding?
i feed iams puppy brand

I am more familiar with HOD in giant breed dogs. There, the general advice
is to drop the protein/fat content waaay down, and slow down the growth.
Basically, the recommendation is to feed a high quality adult dog food. I
don't know if this would apply to smaller dogs; you might want to check with
the vet.

How much and how often?
3 times a day i bowl each time

How much is one bowl? Make sure you're not overfeeding the pup, and use
measuring cups, so you know exactly how much she's eating.

yeah, he is one of the best orthopedic vets in my area

In which case, your questions and concerns should be addressed to him.

Suja

i work with him so i can update him everyday on her progress, i was
just comming here to see if anyone had any experience, and i thank you
Suja for the help, diddy on the other hand only joins conversations to
belittle people and make herself feel superior and is not much help to
anyone. Its like everytime i come through here seeking some words of
wisdom or guidence, the responses remind me why this place is only
frequented by self righteous losers. you guys wonder why new people
dont come back!

"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message
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my 4 month old puppy just got diagnosed with HOD, she is in a lot of
pain, and i really feel for her, does anybody have experience with HOD?
and info would be great.
Pete


Pete,
When I worked for the referral hospital there were some cases of HOD. I
specifically remember a rottweiler and a golden.
The advice that Suja gave about the feeding was what I remember too.
Good luck and I hope all goes well.

Beth

bethgsd wrote:
"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message
oups.com...
my 4 month old puppy just got diagnosed with HOD, she is in a lot of
pain, and i really feel for her, does anybody have experience with HOD?
and info would be great.
Pete


Pete,
When I worked for the referral hospital there were some cases of HOD. I
specifically remember a rottweiler and a golden.
The advice that Suja gave about the feeding was what I remember too.
Good luck and I hope all goes well.

Beth

this morning i actually asked the doctor about the feeding thing and he
said in his experience it hasnt made a diff, so i'm going to go with
him on this. Thanks for the insight beth, i will research it a little
more and ask some more opinions here at the animal hospital i work at
there are over 30 vets, i'll see what most of them say. here's the link
to the hospital it's a pretty cool place.... www.oradell.com

"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

this morning i actually asked the doctor about the feeding thing and he
said in his experience it hasnt made a diff, so i'm going to go with
him on this.

Maybe if it doesn't make a difference one way or the other, it wouldn't
hurt to do a short trial on adult food (less than 24% protein, ~12% fat) to
see if your pup responds to it.

In Danes (and other giant breeds), it makes *substantial* difference to
immediately lower the protein/fat content, so I'm not sure why your vet
hasn't seen it in his practice.

Suja

Hmm.. sounds odd. I've been doing lots of research on this type of stuff
since I got my GSD.. and the major thing i've learned is WATCH what they
eat!

Are you sure you trust this vet? How many cases of this has HE dealt with
before? Regardless of whether you/he think it makes a difference you really
should be measuring the amount of food you are feeding. You never did say
how much was in a "Bowl" but I'm hoping it's no more than 1 cup for the age
(4 months?) of your dog. Any extra weight your doggie has to carry around
is only making it worse.
"Suja" wrote in message
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"Squeeky Pete" wrote in message:

this morning i actually asked the doctor about the feeding thing and he
said in his experience it hasnt made a diff, so i'm going to go with
him on this.

Maybe if it doesn't make a difference one way or the other, it wouldn't
hurt to do a short trial on adult food (less than 24% protein, ~12% fat)
to
see if your pup responds to it.

In Danes (and other giant breeds), it makes *substantial* difference to
immediately lower the protein/fat content, so I'm not sure why your vet
hasn't seen it in his practice.

Suja

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Hmm.. sounds odd. I've been doing lots of research on this type of
stuff since I got my GSD.. and the major thing i've learned is WATCH
what they eat!

Are you sure you trust this vet? How many cases of this has HE dealt
with before? Regardless of whether you/he think it makes a difference
you really should be measuring the amount of food you are feeding.
You never did say how much was in a "Bowl" but I'm hoping it's no more
than 1 cup for the age (4 months?) of your dog. Any extra weight your
doggie has to carry around is only making it worse.
I agree with both Suja and Samantha here. But Squeaky Pete obviously does
not like my advice.