melanie
June 7th, 2005, 02:34 AM
hi guys. well poor old charlie is not having a good time this week. she woke up on sunday and could not walk (i wrote a psot on sunday but the stupid thing disapeared b4 posting). firstly she does not have displaysia, she is a cross, her mum did not have it, i have had the vet check her out, she is a big time trotter, nice bum shape, sits like a pup and had a very good diet all her life etc and all that. any way its her muscles in the hip and back, they are jsut getting so tight, more than usual she has always had tight muscles here. on sunday the poor baby could not walk, it was strange. we massaged her for 2 hours (we do massage with her alot anyway) and used the wheat packs and after 2hrs she was up and at em again, but of course taking it easy. well we have kept up the massage since and she has not had a repeat episode. she was not in pain though, i know her in pain and she was not, just freaked out more i would say..
first Q- what do your old dogs sleep on, she is a big girl and GSDx??
she always slept on the couch and her thick bed, well i have stopped her sleepin on the couch, its too soft and i dont like the way she bends on it...
i ahve fixed up her soft bed on the floor, its about 10cm thick and soft and warm, she seems happy to stay there and it doesn ot make her body warp when she lies down...
but i would like to get her a new bed that is warm and comfy, but quite hard if you know what i mean. i was thinking a new mat, there are lots at the stores, what do you use??
now the hips, we wil call it a type of arthritus for now for descriptive purposes. the vet wants to use quartazone, i dont want to and he understands. charlie is a natural girl and i dont like chemical medications like that, i odnt want to shorten her life or give her toxic products (please dont judge me hard on this decision, i have thought long and hard over it and discussed it with the vet).
i have heard of lots of things, like shark cartalidge and such.. do you use any natural alternatives that you fidn work?? i am going to see a naturopath this week to have achat. a friend years ago had a pup with displaysia, she had a natural herbal product for humans that she said worked miricles on him, any one know of such types of product??
i am trying to track her down but am not having much luck......
i will be taking her to bowen therapy (very gentle but effective) soon, its jsut hard ot find somone with exp in animals, they are all willing to help her but i want that background before treaqtment, i have seen crippled dogs move like pups after bowen therapy its truly magical.. i am going to start bowne therapy course myself so i can treat her here, jsut so it is on hand when she likes it. i just need to find a good course....
so thats my babies problems, all advice will be great. :pawprint:
poor baby, its so hard when they begin to get old, but she does love having her doggy mum and dad massage her for 2 hours on a sunday morning (then spend the rest of the day cuddling and getting way too much attention), she feels very special indeed, and thats all i want, is for her to feel love and special.... :love:
the vet is not concerned at all, he knows her well but she will be going back ext week jsut for another check up....
first Q- what do your old dogs sleep on, she is a big girl and GSDx??
she always slept on the couch and her thick bed, well i have stopped her sleepin on the couch, its too soft and i dont like the way she bends on it...
i ahve fixed up her soft bed on the floor, its about 10cm thick and soft and warm, she seems happy to stay there and it doesn ot make her body warp when she lies down...
but i would like to get her a new bed that is warm and comfy, but quite hard if you know what i mean. i was thinking a new mat, there are lots at the stores, what do you use??
now the hips, we wil call it a type of arthritus for now for descriptive purposes. the vet wants to use quartazone, i dont want to and he understands. charlie is a natural girl and i dont like chemical medications like that, i odnt want to shorten her life or give her toxic products (please dont judge me hard on this decision, i have thought long and hard over it and discussed it with the vet).
i have heard of lots of things, like shark cartalidge and such.. do you use any natural alternatives that you fidn work?? i am going to see a naturopath this week to have achat. a friend years ago had a pup with displaysia, she had a natural herbal product for humans that she said worked miricles on him, any one know of such types of product??
i am trying to track her down but am not having much luck......
i will be taking her to bowen therapy (very gentle but effective) soon, its jsut hard ot find somone with exp in animals, they are all willing to help her but i want that background before treaqtment, i have seen crippled dogs move like pups after bowen therapy its truly magical.. i am going to start bowne therapy course myself so i can treat her here, jsut so it is on hand when she likes it. i just need to find a good course....
so thats my babies problems, all advice will be great. :pawprint:
poor baby, its so hard when they begin to get old, but she does love having her doggy mum and dad massage her for 2 hours on a sunday morning (then spend the rest of the day cuddling and getting way too much attention), she feels very special indeed, and thats all i want, is for her to feel love and special.... :love:
the vet is not concerned at all, he knows her well but she will be going back ext week jsut for another check up....