Hi every one,
my name is Rome and I own a seven and a half month old Cane Corso. I have joined this site in the hope to get some help or insight into an issue I have been having with my puppy. The issue I have been having with him is lameness and limping. The first time I noticed it was around three and a half months of age where he started limping after playing in the back yard. I took him to the vet and the vet thought he may have just sprained something and told me to keep an eye on him, and if no improvement bring him back. He seemed to improve quite quickly (four to five days) so I didn't think much of it. The same thing accured again about two months later, where he would pull up lame then start limping after having a run in the back yard. So I took him back to the vet. Vet then thought perhaps it was a deficiency in his diet which was causing the problem. At the time he was eating Pro Plan (Breeders bag), he was occasionally getting a chicken carcass or some vegetables with his meals as well. The vet asked me to get rid of all the extras such as the chicken carcasses, vegetables e.c.t and just feed him a dry food formulated for large breed puppies. So under the recommendation of the vet I did that and have since tried him on Royal Canin Giant Puppy formula and Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages formula. He is now around seven and a half months of age, and just the other day the same thing happened again. So I took him back to the vet. The pain he has been getting seems to be coming from his left shoulder. The vet said it looks like OCD and has refered me to a specialist. I have been told the treatments for this are either surgical or some dogs have apparently had some success with this issue on Cartrophen injections. I was hoping to get some insight from any one on this issue. Has any one ever experienced this with there dog before? Any advice on what may be the best form of treatment? Also I have now switched from dry food to a raw diet, any comment on wether or not this may help?