Ravyk Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 What could cause calcium deposits in the spine of a dog? OH's mates two dogs [11 and 7yo] both have calcium deposits on their spines. Anyone have any idea what could cause this and how to prevent it from continuing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Do they have a pre-existing injury? Sometimes they show up later as the bone heals. About the only thing I can offer, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 To my knowledge, it relates to a weakness the body had detected. It lays down the additional calcium to support and strengthen that weakness. But of course, that process comes with its own side-effects. Are these two dogs related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashanali Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Are you talking osteo-arthritis? I have this (on me) it's due to injuries that haven't quite healed right. In my case I was in alot of car accidents from the age of 15 - 21 and suffered a fair amount of whiplash injury that wasn't seen to at the immediate time. I should have had physio and chiro but nobody told me this. Anyway, over time the body 'sees' the injury and tries to repair itself and deposits calcium in areas of 'trauma'. The grow into little spurs off the spine. Chances are that the dogs have played long and very hard when they were younger and perhaps have done alot of jumping. 7 an 11 years old are good ages for dogs and any injuries in their youth would be showing up now. You can't prevent or stop it from happening, but you can ease it. Look into adding 'joint guard' to the dog food and perhaps getting the dogs to a chiro occasionally for adjustment. (if it is osteo-arthritis you are talking about.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravyk Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 To my knowledge, it relates to a weakness the body had detected. It lays down the additional calcium to support and strengthen that weakness. But of course, that process comes with its own side-effects.Are these two dogs related? No, one is a poodle X and the other is a Tibbie. They do live in the same house, so I was wondering if it could be diet related. I don't know what exactly they have, I'll get OH to ask next time he is there. Joint guard...I'll ask if they are giving it to them, thanks Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 No, one is a poodle X and the other is a Tibbie. They do live in the same house, so I was wondering if it could be diet related. Then genetic relatedness is ruled out, unless your friend is simply very unlucky. So yes ..... I think diet is the next thing to consider - especially in the dogs' early development. That could be the common denominator. But it is likely to be annecdotal. Could also be that the pups were allowed to jump too much in their very early days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Lots of liver in the diet can cause spondylosis. Is it all along the spine or just in one section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Lots of liver in the diet can cause spondylosis. Is it all along the spine or just in one section? Where did you read that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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