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Originally Posted by FidoTheYorkie

Two days ago I went with Fido to the vets cause he had so much itch in his paw, I got shampoo to bathe the paw with and its OK now.
The vet was checking him out, felt his knees and said to me that he has Patella luxation


When I think back, he has often started limp in walks just out of no where , I always thought he stepped on a stone or something , but it has been this.
Also, often he screams (makes this awfaul loud squeeking sound, never heard it from a dog before) and puts his tail between his legs, I thought he just had to get his anal glands squeesed or something, but then again it was his knee.
Most often he doesnt ''scream'' , sometimes he does that but not often, maybe once in 1-3 months, sometimes he does it many times a day , sometimes not for half a year.

He has this in his left back leg only.

Do your dogs suffer from this??
what do you do to keep them good?
Can I let my dog run free with this?
Can I go jogging with him and take him with me on a bikeride? (I bike, he runs besides me)

Please let me know how your dogs live with this.

I have two dogs that suffer from grade 3 LP in both rear legs. They were diagnosed shortly after their first birthdays. They live very close to normal lives.

One very helpful thing that you can do is limit jumping as much as possible. Get stairs or ramps for your dog to get on/off the furniture.

Give a joint supplement daily. We use Glyco-flex III. Another good one is Nupro (silver) Joint Support.

We allow our dogs to run free at the dog park.

I would not continue with the jogging behind the bike.

Daisy's rear left leg was luxating about 1x per week when she first got diagnosed. Since giving the Glyco-Flex, it has cut back to about once every 6 months or so. I have seen a large improvement.