Question by bubba: vet is recommending injections for senior dogs arthritis ,any information is welcomed?
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Answer by fallenangel My dog is 17 and has arthritis – he’s had a few injections when he’s been really bad, and they do help a lot. Most of the time he takes anti inflammatories which do a pretty good job.. he had too have a coupld of jabs over the winter tho as the cold weather really made him suffer. I wouldn’t recommend the injections other than when things are eally bad for him, but once every so often is ok.
www.doggyguides.com The Cocker Spaniel is a beautiful, sweet dog that loves people. He makes an excellent pet, but presents a few challenges to the owner. General Appearance and Description The American Cocker Spaniel was originally developed through breeding of the English Cocker Spaniel. The American Cocker is smaller than the English version, and the English Cocker often has a finer and shorter coat of hair. The Cocker Spaniel has long ears, and a medium-length coat that’s shiny and feathered looking. On black Cocker Spaniels, the nose will always be black, but on other colored Spaniels, the nose can be brown. You might get a Cocker Spaniel that’s buff-colored, or black. The coat is usually one color, but some can be a primary color with another color accent (such as white with black and tan accents). Most Cocker Spaniel breeders will suggest that you get your dogs tail docked, but if you aren’t showing him, there is no real reason to do it. Basic Temperament The Cocker Spaniel enjoys work, but it’s just as happy being a pet in your house. This is an easy-going dog that will happily go with the flow and complain little. In general the American Cocker Spaniel is cheerful, sensitive, respectful and pleasant to be around. They are a gentle breed and can be prone to shyness, and will eschew new relationships with people and other dogs if not socialized properly. It’s best to socialize Cocker Spaniel puppies early and often so they don’t develop that shy side. Unlike some …
Part 2 here: www.youtube.com The most important step in any breeding program is to decide on the objectives. Since most puppies sold become pets, the main objective should be to breed dogs that become successful pets. Two sets of traits contribute towards this behavioural traits and health traits and both of these also impact on the welfare of the dog. Some abnormalities are due to a single mutant gene such as progressive retinal atrophy (PRA). In many cases the mutant gene is recessive so a dog can carry the mutant gene but appear perfectly normal. In some cases there are DNA tests to detect such carriers. However most diseases are due to many genes and environmental factors (eg hip dysplasia and epilepsy). In these cases the best strategy is to estimate the overall genetic merit of the dog for each trait and select those with highest merit. This would be helped greatly by calculating estimated breeding values for each dog for each important trait but to do this would require that a central registry was kept of dogs status for traits such as HD and epilepsy. Crossbreeding also reduces the incidence of abnormalities but it is still important to select for breeding the best dogs within each breed used. Among behavioural traits, fearfulness, aggression and over excitability are undesirable traits. They are also controlled by many genes and by environmental factors and the best way to improve them is to select animals with desirable estimated breeding values for these traits … Video Rating: 0 / 5
Cocker spaniels can experience medical problems, much like any other pure breed, such as patella luxation, ear infections, hip dysplasia and atopic dermatitis. Pay attention to conditions common to this breed withinformation from a pet care specialist in this free video on dogs. Expert: Cordell Jacques Bio: Cordell Jacques has worked in the pet industry for more than 10 years, currently working at Huron Pet Supply in Ann Arbor, Mich. Filmmaker: Travis Waack Video Rating: 0 / 5
My 4 month old chocolate lab has hip dysplasia and needs corrective surgery. The vet gave us 2 options. One is a surgery center that specializes in animals. This place can do a very extensive operation, putting pins in my dog’s bones to help put everything back together. This will cost about $2000. The other option is for the vet to do the operation and to remove the ball joint of his hip, and fuse him back together. This will cost about $800, and he will have problems for the rest of his life. Then, of course, there’s always the option to put him down.
Has anyone been through this? If so, what did you do? If you could go back & do it again, would you do the same thing or something different? Will my dog have problems for the rest of his life?
I just looked up dysplasia online & I might have gotten a wrong diagnosis. His hips are actually aligned up properly, but his femur is completely fractured off off the hip.
