Ocean's Edge
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Poor dear...
We've always held our breath a little bit, knowing the Newf propensity for joint issues, and getting his hips and knees x-rayed in June did nothing to quell our nervousness. We put him on glucosamine then (along with wild salmon oil). But he's just such a happy exuberant dog - who loves a good game more than anything - couldn't really slow him down.
So about two weeks ago he started limping some, his run at game time became more pacer than trotter, and he'd have a devil of a time sleeping at night trying to find a comfortable way to lay down. And he was sitting funny and just seemed stiff. So after a week of that we hauled him off to the vet - who agreed with me that it didn't seem like he had muscle tendon ligament involvement and seemed more joint related and the left hip was definitely a bit more swollen than the right. So we got a week's worth of Deramaxx (chewable beef flavour HA! We still need a good dose of peanut butter to help the medicine go down!). The deramaxx has definitely helped with the pain - he started sleeping though the night again, but he's still really stiff. We saw the vet on Wednesday was supposed to call her back by the end of the week, but missed closing time on Friday, called her first thing Monday, told em I'd call back today after he'd finished the full week. Of course the big goof managed to sneak in a hard game with Kilo when my back was turned and ended up having his sorest night yet.
Soooooooo now I'm waiting on a call back. Looks like it's gonna be a more long term treatment for the Bud. I was really hoping he'd just kinda jammed or sprained something and it would clear up with rest and meds. (seeing how suddenly it came on), but it looks like it's gonna be joint meds from here on in. (We have duralactim in the house and I think that's gonna be next - the question will be how much, and do I need to add a painkiller with it). I know we'll find something to manage it for him.... but I still just wanna cry for the poor dear. He's only 3 for heaven's sake.. he's still so ... energetic. He doesn't sleep well at night if he doesn't get his game on, but there's no way to really play the ball game with him and get him to take it easy... he's a full ON kinda dog... even with his hips bothering him.
So, not really looking for advice, so much as just feeling really sorry for my sweet Bud, and for myself a little...
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We've always held our breath a little bit, knowing the Newf propensity for joint issues, and getting his hips and knees x-rayed in June did nothing to quell our nervousness. We put him on glucosamine then (along with wild salmon oil). But he's just such a happy exuberant dog - who loves a good game more than anything - couldn't really slow him down.
So about two weeks ago he started limping some, his run at game time became more pacer than trotter, and he'd have a devil of a time sleeping at night trying to find a comfortable way to lay down. And he was sitting funny and just seemed stiff. So after a week of that we hauled him off to the vet - who agreed with me that it didn't seem like he had muscle tendon ligament involvement and seemed more joint related and the left hip was definitely a bit more swollen than the right. So we got a week's worth of Deramaxx (chewable beef flavour HA! We still need a good dose of peanut butter to help the medicine go down!). The deramaxx has definitely helped with the pain - he started sleeping though the night again, but he's still really stiff. We saw the vet on Wednesday was supposed to call her back by the end of the week, but missed closing time on Friday, called her first thing Monday, told em I'd call back today after he'd finished the full week. Of course the big goof managed to sneak in a hard game with Kilo when my back was turned and ended up having his sorest night yet.
Soooooooo now I'm waiting on a call back. Looks like it's gonna be a more long term treatment for the Bud. I was really hoping he'd just kinda jammed or sprained something and it would clear up with rest and meds. (seeing how suddenly it came on), but it looks like it's gonna be joint meds from here on in. (We have duralactim in the house and I think that's gonna be next - the question will be how much, and do I need to add a painkiller with it). I know we'll find something to manage it for him.... but I still just wanna cry for the poor dear. He's only 3 for heaven's sake.. he's still so ... energetic. He doesn't sleep well at night if he doesn't get his game on, but there's no way to really play the ball game with him and get him to take it easy... he's a full ON kinda dog... even with his hips bothering him.
So, not really looking for advice, so much as just feeling really sorry for my sweet Bud, and for myself a little...
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What did they (the vet) say is wrong exactly?
