Dysplasia on dog - need info

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mihaelamiha

mihaelamiha

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Dear board,

I know some of you have also dogs and that you love animals and I address a question related dog health.
My dog was diagnosed with dysplasia and bilateral coxarthrosis consecutive dysplasia - do you know, by chance, more information about this, a forum or a group support?
Any help is appreciated.
My cat Statica is doing fine, remitted, 70-80 usually BG's number, he did not need the dental as the teeth look fine for now.

Thank you,
Mihaela
 
Merck Veterinary Manual Arthropathies

Joint dysplasia = there is a malformation of how the bones are fitting together. This may allow them to slip out of socket or rub bone on bone (painful). Keeping the weight at a healthy level reduces stress on the joint. Restricting activities that put additional strain on the joint may reduce pain; discuss with your vet.

Water exercise, as in human arthritis, allows muscle strengthening without putting weight on the joint. This sometimes helps stabilize the condition.
 
Thank you BJM,
We consider surgery, our vet put him on medication. Some vets pronounce even euthanasia, but we will not give up that easy.

Regards,
Mihaela
 
Mihaela,
I'm sort of assuming it's a single hip...with the right exercise and support, the hip can sort of 'remold' itself and allow for comfortable walking. My GA Newfie mix lived happily with it for years. I currently have an elderly pug that someone dumped with a broken hip that wasn't healing right but too far along for anything but surgery - didn't go there. It took about 3 months of exercise and use to remold it - she now uses it again with no problem. I don't know of any sites but thought I'd share a 'good' thing!

HUGS
 
Thank you Squeaky,
The dysplsia is on both hips.
It is good to know thatwith terapy you rezolve the probleme. Just that my dog has 45 kg (90 lb I asume).
I will look forward documentation about terapy.

Mihaela
 
How old is the dog??? Generally, surgery is only an option while they are young and have not done permanent damage. You'll want to keep muscle mass up - they tend to shift their weight off of the hips that hurt to the front legs. Water exercise is a great way to keep muscle mass without the impact. Short, slow uphill walks also help to keep muscle mass.
 
My Dog, Martin, is 2 years old, currently is on medication including glucosamine (from shark cartilage).
Sorry to heard that you confronting this problem, just that is easy on small pets. Martin is middle size, with 45 kg.

Thank you again,
Mihaela
 
The Glucosamine is a great start - it can help rebuild some of the cushion between joints. Some have natural anti-inflammatory properties; be sure to check with your vet on that before adding additional pain control. Likely they'll have your dog on an NSAID of some sort - Rimadyl, Deramax etc.

Surgery is quite expensive, but if you can afford it I think it's very much worth looking into - especially with such a young dog showing problems already. I would also recommend you look into some holistic options - a friend with a displaystic dog saw great improvement when they added accupuncture and adequan (I think that's what it was called!) injections to their glucosamine and pain control regimine.
 
Hi,

He is on pills treatment: Aplazyl, Shark cartilage (source of glucosamine), Omega 3 and something for pain. I will ask my vet about Agequan.
Martin is a little aggressive, getting worse going to vets...
We evaluating surgery, will do our best to afford it, the problem here (Romania) are the doctors and the vet center to perform this; Hungary (close to Romania) is an option, just we should take in account the travel to and way back.

Thank you for your feedback,
Mihaela
 
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