kimjm

Does sound like the behaviour of a dog with a luxating patella. which is quite common in small breeds. You need to get this diagnosed by a vet, if left unattended and is a patella problem it could cause degeneration of the knee.

Unfortunatley I too seriously doubt that any sort of manipulation could fix a luxating patella. If the grove that the patella sits in is to shallow to hold the patella in place, how is a manipultion going to fix this???? And how does a rotation of a pelvis cause the patella to luxate?

I also have used a very well know service for quite a long time and up until last 2 times been very happy. But the last lot of 4 blades only 1 lasted more that 1 clip. So I am now after new sharpening service. Mel you may know who I am talking about, if not PM me>

Ask your vet to do a draw test if you are worried and cruciate ligament repair. CavnRot is right this will not show up on a xray unless you can spot miniscal tear off bone. And if cruciate has ruptured unfortunatley the best option is surgery, make sure your vet explains diffrent procedures to you and if you have large or very active dog i would suggest you have a specialist look at the dog and possibly do surgery.

Dogcop I actually work for a animal physio, and would not suggest anyone spend unnecessary $$ but know from experience that a reputable qualified chiro or physio will always work in conjunction with a vet they are unable to provide imaging and meds that maybe needed. Anyone who knows me or the company I work for will back this 100%

I second Faolmor's reply. A chiro or Physio may well be able to help with your dogs condition, but you should get a diagnosis from a Vet first. If you go and see a Chiro or Physio after this and they do not agree with diagnosis they can then liase with your vet for a better resoloution. Your dog may need more anti inflammitories or pain killers and a vet is the only one who can prescribe these.

I would reccomend a hands on course it is often easy to take in the theory throught text books but much diffrent putting your theory in to practice. I would recommend having suffered a bad experience myself that you research the course and institute thoroughly before handing over any money. Also ensure the course is accredited if you go into business you will need this to obtain insurance.

Neither of these people operate out of Dogs In Motion. We have a FULLY QUALIFIED ANIMAL PHYSIOTHERAPISTS who provide our physio service. One problem with these people not having formal qualifications is that this usually means no insurance. All good until something goes wrong.

Hi hope things are a little better for you today. Before you go ahead with any surgery please can you message me so I can put you in contact with our animal physio, just to ensure you have all the info you need before proceeding. I feel this will make things alot easier for you if you progress to surgery and then rehab.

Hi hope all is going ok check out the case studies on our web site we do not have any dogs with wobblers but there is a dog nicky who went through neck surgery. www.dogsinmotion.com.au

We have treated quite a few dobbies and danes with wobblers at Dogs In Motion. If you are not going to go ahead with the myleogram I would be careful about seeing a chiro if you do ENSURE they are a vet chiro like Barry Haywood or Ray at Monash. Of course we would also be happy to see you and see how we can help your baby. Check out our web site www.dogsinmotion.com.au

Donna at Bourke Road Vet Clinic in Camberwell

How did u go?????

How are things going? IMO I would get referal to a specalist this symptoms sound if they could be neurological to me,

I agree I would get his hips and knee checked by your vet......

If she has an allergy to something in the garden these may help

Hope all goes well with the Xrays. Let us know

Karma Sending you all the positive thoughts and vibes I can.

Karma12 Im sorry to hear about your beloved friend. I lost my rottie to cancer just over 12months ago now. My advice would be get more xrays talk to your vet there is an ocology specialist here in Melbourne ( I will give you details if you PM me) get a second or 3rd opinion if you have to to make you feel sure. I would doubt any vet will want to do surgery in a joint affected like this and you will probarly find if it is cancer this is where the majority of pain is coming from. Have lots of cuddles and pats do all your favourite things together and listen to your dog they WILL tell you when the time is right. (Everyone said this to me about my girl and I didnt believe it until the time come and she looked at me and I just knew) My thoughts are with you. Kim

How did the Eddie Man go? Good news I hope.

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ok in Barry's defense I know from experience him and Alex were always very very busy men after they left Narre Warren Vet Clinic it was to be able to spend more time on their chiro treatments when Alex became ill Barry would have had to cope with the work load of 2 men and believe me that could mean checkeng many dogs in one day. I know that this does not excuse the way you were treated but just to try and explain what the situation is probarly like for him

This is only my opinion but I would not trust my dogs with anyone without qualifications. (I have said this before). I worked with Barry for 8 years and think he is great if it is chiropractic you are looking for, Ray is also very good. IMO you should only use a veterinary chiro. Many of these so call muscle men used to bring their dogs is for Barry to check when i was working for him (have to wonder why they would pay money if they were happy to treat THEIR OWN dogs) I have seen so very bad things happen to dogs that have been treated by these so called muscle men and some very very dodgy diagnosis.

Yeah Mallee well done. Glad she enjoyed it so much. It certainly does tire them out if they are not used to it.(Most owners love this aspect)

Dont stress too much she should be They should now how to deal with dogs with problems such as her own. If she is usually ball motivated or has a favourite squeeky toy take it with you if they will let her have it in the pool it might make it more fun for her.Some dogs love to swim with something in their mouth some don't ( see eddies swimming video he carries the lead) If you are still worried ask them to try her with a bouyancy vest first and as she improves you can take it off. Also sometimes it helps to have other dogs in the pool as well especially if she likes being around other dogs. There is no doubt that she might not take to it straight away be if you make it as fun as possible for her she should come to love it. I always tell clients at work that it can take up to 3 visits for some dogs to really take to it, and then there are those few that no matter what you do will not take to it ( we usually put these guys in the underwater treadmill as this is less water and smaller space). But if you are swimming for rehab as long as she doesn't absoloutly HATE it I would persever it is for her best intrest in the long run.