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She had issues again this morning - rang the chiro vet he wasn't keen on anything much from his end given she is under the care of the specialist atm. Specialist is away for another fortnight but I have emailed him on the off chance he is on emails while he is away .

Both dogs were attacked last night. I am not sure if Kenz's issue is as a result of that or whether its made whatever it is worse .

Tonight she was so lame she couldn't walk home from the park - we had only been out on a 10 min trip around the block. It looked like she was having issues with the patella but she was also walking with her head really low. Her whole body posture changed. I tried putting her down a couple of times and she was still having issues so I ended up carrying her home. I couldn't watch her try and struggle to walk .

Does anybody know if a Grade 1 luxation post-surgery could still cause the dog appreciable problems (and is it possible for it to cause more problems then a Grade 2 luxation pre-surgery). And what sort of activities may be making the situation worse? I have been told I don't have to be careful with her but I am not so convinced since it seems to be getting worse.

just watch she doesn't roll in them. Dunno mine will happily eat tinned sardines but the few times I have tried to give them a whole sardine they have both turned their noses up at them.

ok who crashed the page. I went to load up CR before and I got a rude error message.

Still sore in the front end, stretches herself a heap, and the surgery leg appears to be bothering her fairly frequently to.

Sounds like he might have just "tweaked" something then or over done it on this particular occasion. I wouldn't stress to much about it.

I am really confused now Danois - problem is knowing that the patella isn't stable, knowing the right shoulder has shown signs on ultrasound of biceps tendonitis. I know she isn't back to normal and its hard to know which way to look.

The foam balls are awesome - pity my little girl isn't allowed to fetch anymore .

I forgot I hadn't mentioned the rest of her story - it may make more sense if I do - this whole specialist saga started with front end right shoulder lameness and a likely diagnosis of biceps tendonitis. It was decided to treat that with a series of PRP injections and that was done Christmas last year after we had already spent 12 months with more conservative measures i.e. crate rest/restricted exercise/physio/chiro/acupuncture. Things have been fine with her shoulder since that time.

Hmmm beyond frustrating - last two nights for whatever reason Kenz has been markedly lame in her front right. I tried taking it relatively easy with her today and she is still a mess tonight. Thing is though is that the shoulder issue flaring up or is there really more to the whole situation then we might imagine . Confused and no idea what to make of anything .

Poor RS .

RS - Have you asked Ptolomy how many i-squeaks she might have ordered.

LOL mix powder in with a teaspoon of yoghurt - problem solved. Joint guard is smell less so they can't tell.

You could try putting him on fish oil and something like joint guard long term. That should help as well.

Definitely recommend a second opinion from a good chiro SM.

I had baby gate on the stairs so she couldn't. But she was also tired to the desk where I was working (least for the first few days). Then she just seemed to behave herself.

Kenz was crated for 6 weeks. He doesn't have to stay inside 24/7. Given the weather is nice at this time of year if you can sit out somewhere in the sun with a kong or a bone or something it is a good change of scenary for them. Kenz use to come in the car with me when I ran errands. I found a few outings broke up the day. She also spent lots of time snoozing so I didn't crate her to much during the first few weeks. When she started feeling bored and more active she got crated more often. I found doing any training (even low key training) difficult for her because she would want to throw herself into everything at a million miles an hour. However you can do things like hand touches/stays/nose work games.

RS yep I emailed Ptolomy :laugh:.

- tried to walk her today and she just wasn't interested really. Very unlike her. She still seems to be lacking power in her hind end in a big way and especially her surgery leg .

Nice photo of Brookie .

6 months post-op and you can still tell the difference in Kenz's. I actually slept fairly well the night Kenz was there. Stark contrast to the amount of sleep I managed the night before .

Yikes PA - not sure I could do that either. Glad to hear it all went well though.

Good news PA - do you know what they did?