Question by Lauren: Randomly my dog whimpers and limps. What should i do to help him when this happens?
I don’t like seeing my dog in pain, is their anything i can do for his hind leg? He will whimper & run to me to help but i never know what to do. I am afraid if i touch it I will hurt it more. We think he has arthritis… should i stretch out his leg or just pet it? AHhh, help!
I already know that i should take him to the vet, and yes i am old enough to be on here. Let’s keep our answers polite please, we should all be old enough to know how to do that. Thank you for those of you who have helped!

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Answer by emily
take your dog to the vet.
if it is arthritis your vet can perscribe some medication to help him feel better.

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Question by Crazy dog lady: does this sound like arthritis?
My dog grumbles when she first lays down. it’s a long drawn out grumble. she doesn’t want to get up, and when she does she moves very slowly, while grumbling, and kind of limps around at first before walking normaly. she is eight.

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Answer by tejas_yuki
Very well could be, but only a vet can tell. It could be something more serious. Dogs have a huge pain tolerance so by the time we are able to tell they are hurting, it means they have been hurting long before this. Age, breed, history all play a part on whether or not it could be arthritis. The good news. If it is, there are many, many options as far as supplement are concerned and work great. Everything from OTC supplements, different food, prescription meds, exercise, etc.

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Question by sparky: nexrutine, an all natural cox-2 inhibitor,has anyone heard of this it is ?i amthinking of giving it to my dog.
i thought it might be a good alternative to giving my 18 year old lab for his arthritis he is on deramax for the past 4 months but it is effecting his old liver.i started him on springtime natural joint health and fresh factors and i see improvement. i had tried cosequin but it gave him the runs.he is still going strong despite his horrible arthritis.

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Answer by Katherine L
First of all, do not give your dog ANY type of medicine without consulting a vet.
These types of medications are developed for humans, and tested on humans. They will not have the same effect on animals as they will on us. Their bodies metabolize medications different.
You could end up killing your dog!

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Question by alwayssunny: found a hard lump on my dogs hip today any ideas what would cause this?
He’s a medium sized 11 yr old mixed breed dog. The lump is about golf ball size. He doesn’t want me to touch it as it seems to hurt him. Just been on a diet as seemed to be having trouble with arthritis. He’s now lost all the weight he needs to but I’ve just noticed the very hard lump on his hip bone….We will be taking him to the vets tomorrow but wondered if anyone could give me any help? Thank you.

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Answer by dogz101
Bring him to the vet. It can be a tumor

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Question by Sweetpea has two boys: What am I going to do about this dog? I think it might die?
I”m watching my parents’ old, decrepit dog while they are on vacation, and the dog just doesn’t seem to be doing all that well. he’s 12 years old, and has arthritis so he has pills, which I have been giving him, but he won’t eat or drink anything ( other then the pills that I stuck in yogurt, and I don’t think dogs should just eat yogurt, that is what my mom told me to do to give them to him) He just lays there and doesn’t really move, and sighs loudly, I have to half lift him to put him outside. He just doesn’t look good. maybe he just misses my parents and will get over it, or should I try to get him to a vet? The last thing I need is for the dog to die while they are out of town.
I only gave him the one a day that my mom said he is supposed to have. He does have hip problems and needs help standing a lot.

His mouth is still wet and drooly, so maybe he is drinking and I just haven’t seen him do it, but the food bowl is untouched.
oh, and he will shuffled from outside of my parent;s bedroom door to the front door, since I just went to check on him and he had moved. Maybe he is just totally depressed that they left him

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Answer by Dog Section Regular
He might just be depressed suddenly being in a new environment, away from his owners, and doesn’t feel good.

Make sure he is drinking water. I’m sure your parents left an emergency contact number for you, or at least have internet access so you could email them.

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Question by † Sophia †: *PLS READ! My dog’s entire hind foot is swollen and raw – taking him to the vet this afternoon?
Brief background:

My dog acted 100% normal (from what I could tell) up until yesterday when he woke up limping. He is 15 years old and does have some arthritis, so I just thought he was having a bad day. We took him for a walk and he seemed better for the rest of the day, so just assumed he had some stiff joints.

This morning, he seemed even worse. I decided to take a closer look and under his fur on his foot, his entire little paw is swollen and raw. I feel terrible because I had no idea. It must be something that aggravated quickly because again, it seems to be bothering him even more today.

I called the vet and am taking him in later this afternoon.

My worry is that it could be cancer? My dog did have a malignant tumor removed from his rear end in spring of 2008.

Do you think it could be something else that is fixable/treatable?

What do you think? Let me know if I need to supply more info…

His right hind paw is purplish-red, raw, swollen and tight. Does not appear to be oozing or weepy.

I know my vet will be able to tell me, but I’m just really nervous and upset now and would like to have some idea.

Thanks for your help.

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Answer by skygirl1988
i do not know if its cancer or not sorry, but my dog’s paw gets like this when he licks it a lot. you should try and clean it with saltwater, that what i would do.
i hope ur dog is ok and good luck at the vet

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Question by Kala: What kind of dog do you think this is?
Med size dog (50lbs when he passed)
Brown, black and white markings (grey on his face is old age)
Long wavy hair, curly hair on his back of his neck and under.

Towards the end of his life (15 years) he lost his sight, developed arthritis in his back legs, and had some sort of anal cancer.

My husband and I would like to get a dog similar to his breed. My father told me when we got him, we were told he was a border collie/terrier mix, although I don’t see much terrier in there.

Please look at the pictures I was able to get before he passed on. Any help you can give to us would be wonderful!
http://s1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/kbalexander/

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Answer by ladystang
border collie/terrier

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Question by Miss Understood: Should this dog be put down?
She’s a teacup yorkie and teacups are just the product of 2 runts so they have bad genes. She is 14 years old, and has arthritis in her back legs, her knee joints pop out of place everytime she steps, and she can’t even get on the couch by herself anymore. She has coughing spasms, her breath smells sooooo bad and she doesn’t bark as much as she used too. I don’t want to kill an innocent little dog and she’s probably never gonna be put down even if she really needs it. (not mine, it’s my moms dog and she gets a little too attached too things. You know unless it’s my kinder dilploma then she just throws it away! [bitch] anyway… Please let me know what you think)

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Answer by KAYLA
If she’s really in pain then u kinda have to put it down

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Question by Maxie: What is wrong with this shelter dog? Help!?
I volunteer at a shelter. I walked to a dog I normally see and the dog was laying down and looked exhausted. I got the dog out of the kennel and walked him outside. I pet him and he started whining. I decided to head back and he set down, not moving. He looked a little out of it. Afterwards he laid down and stared off before closing his eyes. I ran to the shelter staff and all they said was the dog must have had arthritis. I wondered if it was a seizure, but I don’t know! I kept telling them I did not think it was just arthritis. Please help, what does it sound like to you???
I got him back in the kennel and he still looked bad. Can arthritis REALLY do all of this? The closing of the eyes and glazed look is what really worried me
The dog is old and has been there a long time. The weather has been changing a lot which is what the excuse was from the staff. I did report it in writing so hopefully it will be looked at. All they wanted to do was tell the vet that his leg hurt.
I thought the dog was dieing, I started crying and I got repremanded saying I shouldn’t have kept walking him (which I didn’t, he went inside right away.) I’ve never heard of a dog just randomly doing this. I walked him YESTERDAY and he was fine.
Thank you all that responded so far. I suspect there is something serious wrong with him, too. I am concerned they will put him down, even though it is a shelter that is not known for doing that — they will sometimes. I would take the dog, but am unable to at this time. If there is something massive wrong with him I couldn’t afford to get him expensive treatments (which is a major reason I have not tried) I have tried to get him adopted, but he doesn’t show well because he barks a lot
Also, I walk him once when I go. It isn’t very far and he never acted like this. To my knowledge no other staff or volunteers with the exception of one other person walks him.
We had an outbreak of distemper at the shelter could it be that?

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Answer by Elaine M
The fact the dog was in pain BEFORE you took him out should be reported, there’s probably something else going on.

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Question by ohbby: My parents are getting rid of my dog, Sadie, and I can’t deal with this pain anymore; I’m deteriorating?
I am miserable… just last month they got rid of Zoe, my other dog. Two years before that they got rid of Bernard, and before that Freedom and Cosmo. They get me dogs… I bond with them and then they get rid of them for no reason, just to have less. Then they buy more and it’s the same shit over again. I have some mental issues so a dog is really the only thing that keeps me from considering suicide and going into episodes or a deep depression that leaves me lying in bed for days. Sadie is something special to me, she follows me around the house. When I go into the bathroom she paws to come in or waits outside the door, she sleeps right next to me every night, in the morning she wakes me up by pawing at me and licking my face.

I walk her and play with her, I love her so much. She’s literally my best friend and I don’t want to be… “here,” alive, if she leaves my side. I’ll have no one to hold or make me feel better if I get depressed, then I’ll just spiral downward. I fear for her being miserable with her new family (my grandma). I think about how my Grandma feeds her dogs human food and how they get obese, and then I think about Sadie’s arthritis and how it’s be ten times as worse if she were to grow obese like that. I just don’t know what to do… I can’t talk to anyone in my family. My father has cancer so he never really talks, and if he does it’s to his daughter. I am adopted, and I just feel.. awkward when I try to express myself to people especially when my parents told me I should have never been picked.

My mom is just… a drama-starting whore. I have no idea how to get in touch with a therapist, and even if I managed to I’d have no way of getting there, I have so much shit bottled up it makes my head pound. Sadie is leaving this week or next week, what will make me feel better, or what can I do? I’m sure I came across as attention seeking or “emo,” to a lot here, but I really have no one to talk to.
@Tapping
“Troll” is such an unfitting word for a grown-ass woman, or who I assume to be. Tell me, how would I be trolling? What in my question is a trolling statement? Do you even know what a troll is? Someone who stirs and ruffles feathers on the internet and those who flame others for their own amusement. Why would I waste my points on this just to “troll,” especially when nothing in my post is trolling? You’re the troll, now hop off.

Now enlighten me.
@Raymond
Thanks… I wish I could visit her, if my grandmother was close I wouldn’t be as depressed. I live in NC, my grandmother FL. That’s a long, long ways away. About 400 miles I think? I tried using the, “If she goes I go,” but my dad just said, “good,” so it really didn’t help any. The only way I feel I will ever, EVER get through to my parents is by physically harming myself.

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Answer by Raymond J
hi,you are not in a very nice enviroment,family members putting you down,put the hard word on them and get the message accross,no this is my dog,i feed,bath,walk etc,if she goes i do,if that doesnt work then you can still see her and visit your grandma alot to spend time with her and away from the verbal abuse,you are a human and are here for a reason not to be bullied,merry xmas and hope it works out for you,

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