chilimson
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Mar 9, 2005, 5:50 AM
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Re: [sbt] Symptons of hips dysplasia
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Hi SBT, is your dog limping the same loving GR on your avatar? It is quite sad, that some folks around this region continue to breed GR that is carrying HD legacy. I am from Singapore and know quite some cases already, and hope this is not the same pedigree line that is floating around. All GR are great and popular, and so they could also be target of money printing machine. If you have the pedigree line, then you should post them so that people do not breed them anymore, just for the sake of the future GR. I do not mean to judge your vet, but I hope you are very sure that it is HD. Please do your own reading on the web, because there are really tons of reference materials on HD. However, at 7 months detection, it is also great because you have a chance to help not make it worse. I have a friend who have a GR with the same issue and now "seems" okay, that is no more limping. 1. No overfeeding, keep the meals small and never overweight. 2. No "forced" excercise, like leased running, long walk without rest, cycling, playing with other dogs, retrieving balls or jerky abrupt movement. Just short walks or leisure walk or allow the dog to play at his own pace. Preferably on grass field or beach, but not smooth or wet floor. 3. Build the dog muscle up slowly, that is the area near the buttock and the thigh. Swimming will be great, because it does not exert pressure on the joint and thus lesser damage. 4. Cage him or put him in a run, and try not to allow him to jump. 5. Okay, will share with you my opinion about pain killer, and let you decide. By the way, I am not a vet and so please treat this as just a discussion. Pain is a feedback loop to the brain, to tell the body to stop doing what it is doing because it hurts. It is the same for human, so you will not move any of your limp if it is injured and painful. Now, if you take pain killer and the pain is relief, would you continue to move your injured limp even though there is lesser pain? Guess human brain is bigger than the lovely furry friends, and you will not aggravate the situation. However, dogs are different and obliging, and will succumb to briberies and cravings. Therefore, if you give pain killer and do not constraint them, then the consequences could become worst. The dog will not limp for the short term, but the damage to the joint will eventually get worst. If you do subscribe to my feedback story, then it is important for one to really build up the muscle slowly. It is important to have strong muscle to hold the bone or joints together. This is very similar to human as well. The joint has some injury and sends the pain signal, the muscle around will not be moved because it is too painful. Then the muscle become "stiff" and will not hold the joints together or into the socket. The loose joints will be damaged more easily, and the cycle repeats and get worse. The trick is to give some relief, but allow some exercise after some slow warming up. Loosen the muscle with short walk or massage, and then continue to walk or allow free movement. You could increase the duration and walking distance to build up the muscle, and eventually I hope the limp will be gone. Of course with no pain killer. Sorry for the long narrative. Adequan is available in the US, but I do not know whether it is available in Malaysian. Please check the website, and find out whether there is similar alternative in Malaysia. I think it is founded for horse, hmm..racing horses. Adequan is a brand name, and the medical component is on the website.
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