ness Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 Cosmolo if he isn't in weight bearing then chances are its painful for him. I wouldn't be honestly surprised to find issues in multiple joints. Once you start having problems with one then others will compensate and have additional load placed on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 I will talk to the specialist tomorrow and tell them he isn't weight bearing and see what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Yeah worth asking and mentioning for sure. Good luck its so hard to know what to do and people are always throwing in advice from all over the place and it can complicate things to :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Yep. I have lots of people making suggestions and i do appreciate them all. All i want is to do the right thing for Dexter- sometimes it's just really hard to know what that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 From memory Rommi didn't weight near for a reasonable while and none of her other joints are/were affected, she is just a woose. Hope he is feeling better soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrie Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Just sending healing wishes for your beautiful boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerRottweiler Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 We have had him on heaps of different supplements over the years and one by one they seemed to stop working. The only thing that was still giving some relief was cartrophen injections but even that was limited. I haven't tried the Rosehip though- what form does it take? The other complication for him is that if you try to put different things in his food he won't eat it so it needs to be something he will like to eat or a tablet we can wrestle into him. I understand what the ortho is saying- i guess the problem is when is enough enough? How many surgeries and confinements can you put them through before it becomes too detrimental to be fair/ kind? That is the question i keep wrestling with and i can't find the answer.. I don't want my selfish desire to have Dex for as long as possible to end up being to his detriment if you know what i mean. Hope your dog is doing well. It seems you've done the right and fair thing for the dog. Don't stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) The other complication for him is that if you try to put different things in his food he won't eat it so it needs to be something he will like to eat or a tablet we can wrestle into him. Tamara - sometimes it can help if you're able to freeze what you need to add into the food. Provided freezing doesn't break down the goodness that you want from the supplement, it can help in reducing the scent it gives off. The other option is to put the supplement (eg powder) into a horse syringe, mix in a bit of warm water, give it a shake up and syringe it to him. You do need to be careful to not syringe it in too quickly and to syringe it at the right angle so that he doesn't aspirate, but I've done this a lot with my boy. Over time he's actually become used to the supplements I include as part of his 'treatment' regime and I can now add it to his usual meal without any problems. If you set it up right, your boy might actually come to enjoy the syringe method. I just tell my boy "in your corner" and he willingly assumes the position in the spot in our kitchen where I do this. He might not (initially) like the taste of what I'm administering, but he knows good stuff follows. Edited May 16, 2013 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrie Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 How is Dexter going, cosmolo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 21, 2013 Author Share Posted May 21, 2013 I am away in perth so have been getting reports from husband that he is good. Staples came out today and apparently specialist said he doesn't need to do underwater treadmill- not sure I believe that yet. I can't wait to see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Plenty of dogs actually rehab fine without underwater treadmill Cosmolo - if what I have read on orthodogs is anything to go by. Good to hear he is getting on ok though and the specialist is happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 So in actual fact Dexter didn't see the specialist yesterday- he saw a nurse so that's who made the underwater treadmill comment too. Stu didn't tell me while i was in Perth (got back 4:40am this morning) because he knew i'd be furious. I cannot believe that we have not seen or spoken to the specialist since he did the surgery. I had intended to liase with the specialist going forward- if we need to deal with other hip issues, another cruciate etc. Now i cannot imagine i would use them again. Pretty poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Are you sure it wasn't an intern? Once of the specialists here use interns. Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss further. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Bugger Cosmolo - thats not good Kenz's appointment to have stitches out was with the specialist and he did check to make sure things were going ok. Having said that my experience has been that the specialists are "surgeons" and good with that side of things but aren't especially knowledgeable about the rehab side of things. Kenz's has been happy to continue to liase however so i would certainly be approaching your specialist on moving forward. The advice I had from the specialist was rest (for the appropriate length of time), then gradually increasing leash walks and at some stage I also had it suggested that I do sit to stand type exercises. I did mention getting a physio's input into Kenz and he was happy for that to happen but left the physio side of things to my discretion. Although we already had an on-going history regarding rehab before Kenz ever had surgery for her MPL. Are you able to get a referral to a physio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Definitely a nurse. I know he might not have been that great at the rehab side of things anyway but feel like they just got our money and washed their hands of us which has really annoyed me. They know we wanted to see the specialist- that's why the appt was rescheduled in the first place which was bad enough- so we can't even get on to him! He was meant to call us the day we picked Dexter up and never did either. I'm sure we could get a referral if we need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 He looks to be doing well Cosmolo (from my lay perspective). Certainly seems to be using the leg well and even putting quite good weight on it when he stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 Yes i am really happy with the improvement in the last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Yep looks really good to me too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thanks :) He is so excited when i get him out for a walk- trying so hard to be calm but thank goodness he has had the training he has had as without it i don't think we'd be able to keep him calm enough! You can tell he desperately wants to run and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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