Is anyone dealing with Arthritis?

[4doggiemama]

Was very interested in this thread. Right away I wondered if it could be LP since you didn't mention any x-rays. My rescue Pommie is 1 yr. old and needs both knees done. I was wondering what would be said about doing both at the same time. I didn't have a hard time keeping my senior girl quiet after her LP surgery, but this 1 yr. old will be an entirely different story. I'm going to wait until school starts and he has to spend part of the day in his kennel anyway, otherwise he'd be having a fit, driving us nuts with his barking.

[cindy r]

i,am so glad you had your babys surgery my baby can,t have surgery and is in pain and i can,t put her down.

[ladyj]

Originally Posted by nydia

My 17 month old baby Charlie had to see the vet yesterday because I noticed he was limping a little and would not jump like he usually does when he see's me come home from work. Charlie and Blaine are my little acrobats they are great with agility courses and I was planning on entering Charlie in his first agility competition but now it may look like those plans will have to be made for Blaine instead. My vet did an xray on Charlies back legs and hips and he told me it looked like Charlie had a hip injury that healed on it's own and that it looks arthritic. I asked him how this was possible as this was the very first time ever Charlie did not jump for me at the door and I saw him limping, I cannot recall him being injured or seeing him limping, he has tons of energy except for yesterday and I'm a paranoid mom, my babies go to the vet the minute I think something is wrong, trust me had I seen Charlie limping earlier he would of been at the vet, the vet told me that it could be possible his injury wasn't an injury where I would notice something was wrong right away, he said it's like having a bad back and eventually after years of lifting and doing things you shouldn't it gives out on you. He said that may be the case here, where he's been had the injury but it didn't cause him pain until the arthritis set it, he said it can be fixed with Surgery or Charlie will live with pain. The thing is Charlie does not wine or cry or show any signs of pain except for yesterday with his favoring his left leg. Even when the vet started moving his legs around and checking him he didn't make not one sound. Now my thing is my baby still plays, the doctor gave him a pain medication can't think of the name right now and the minute I got him home he was off running he didn't jump but he did play with my other babies. I don't want to do any unnecessary surgeries if this arthritis thing can be controlled with meds as far as if he does feel pain. I'm confused and don't know what to do, I want him to be at his best but I'm scared to put him through something like that. The doctor explained to me that what they do is removed the hips ball joint or whatever that was and allow scar tissue to grow in it's place giving the hip more movement. If anybody has any type of experience with hip surgery please let me know.

I would get a second opinion and think long and hard before having that kind of surgery. I have a Bichon who was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at the age of six. She is 11 now and gets along fine with daily glucosamine. I give her a liquid and just put it on her breakfast. I expect she may develop arthritis and need more medication as she gets older, but she has done well for five years and is doing well now. I would not even consider having the hip ball joint removed. There is a treatment for arthritis and hip dysplasia that implants gold beads around the hip ball and allows it to rotate without pain. I would consider that before the hip ball joint removal.

[LLharley]

Charlie will do just fine. I have two babies each 10, and we have them going to our Vet, a Homeopathic Vet who specializes in herbs/vitamins/chiropractic and accpunture. He does a procedure called "gold beading" whereas, he uses accupunture to insert gold bead gel into the cartilidge (hip etc). not a cure but better than surgery. Toby will be undergoing that procedure soon. I wish you the best with Charlie and so happy you got a second opinion. I think one leg at a time is the best way to go. Your right, don't keep them under anetishia very long - to tiny.
God Bless

[lady40jay]

Originally Posted by ladyj

I would get a second opinion and think long and hard before having that kind of surgery. I have a Bichon who was diagnosed with hip dysplasia at the age of six. She is 11 now and gets along fine with daily glucosamine. I give her a liquid and just put it on her breakfast. I expect she may develop arthritis and need more medication as she gets older, but she has done well for five years and is doing well now. I would not even consider having the hip ball joint removed. There is a treatment for arthritis and hip dysplasia that implants gold beads around the hip ball and allows it to rotate without pain. I would consider that before the hip ball joint removal.

I would not rush into any surgery either. I also had a Bichon who was diagnosed with hip displasia at about the age of six. I gave her glucosamine the rest of her life and she never needed surgery and never limped or acted like it bothered her. She lived to be 13 years old. If I thought surgery was necessary, I would go for the gold bead implants rather than the hip ball removal. I would never have that done!
Jeanette

[gidget529]

I think this is a 2008 thread.?