Mason_Gibbs Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Sounds better than what iv bern told, my pup has to stay on a pen the size of a room except for toileting for 6 weeks and then 6 weeks lead walking gentle swimming This is the usual post surgery regime and it works. The dogs I have known to have the surgery were only about 5-6 months old and they led normal lives after that. Early detection is important so any 3-6 month old med-large puppy with a limp lasting more than a week should be investigated. Yup I'm very adament that I will stick to the surgeons directions as Gibbs had an ulna ostectomy so he has to take it real slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Mason_Gibbs, Did you dog end up having surgery? If so how did it go? I have a 8 month old Lab who has been limping on and off over the past two months. Nothing came up on X-Ray. Off to the physio for our first appointment tomorrow. Hopefully that will sort him out, otherwise i guess more XRays... Were you intending showing or breeding from the dog? Were the xrays done at your local vet or a specialist? My first lot of xrays were done at the local vet and nothing showed up, it was not until we went to the specialist that the ED was clearly visible. Lab nut- I recommend you get the xrays read by a specialist. There are changes that you can see on xray but they can be very difficult, even for experienced vets. Another option is to get your dogs elbows CT scanned. You can pick up things like fragmented medial coronoid process much better on CT scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Mason_Gibbs, Did you dog end up having surgery? If so how did it go? I have a 8 month old Lab who has been limping on and off over the past two months. Nothing came up on X-Ray. Off to the physio for our first appointment tomorrow. Hopefully that will sort him out, otherwise i guess more XRays... Were you intending showing or breeding from the dog? Were the xrays done at your local vet or a specialist? My first lot of xrays were done at the local vet and nothing showed up, it was not until we went to the specialist that the ED was clearly visible. Lab nut- I recommend you get the xrays read by a specialist. There are changes that you can see on xray but they can be very difficult, even for experienced vets. Another option is to get your dogs elbows CT scanned. You can pick up things like fragmented medial coronoid process much better on CT scan. 100% agree with seeing a specialist if I had seen one sooner maybe Gibbs would be in a better position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Bandage removed today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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