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Permalink Reply by Krystina and Rufus on April 8, 2012 at 10:59pm

Rufus is 2, and he was diagnosed  with elbow dysplasia. It's seriously the most painful thing to watch them in pain.

Rufus has been on Flavocin for a while now, and in about a month or two of those supplements, ALL his limping has gone away. I haven't even had to use all the Rymodyll that the vet prescribed to me...

You can check it out, but I know Rufus loves it, and it's def worth the try :)

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on April 8, 2012 at 11:46pm

I also  had my dog on Flavocin. Saved his life. He was on Rimadyl and tramadol and still in excruciating pain from hip dysplasia. A few weeks on Flavocin and he was literally a new dog. Back to being a playful, happy lovebug. We were at the point of considering putting him to sleep because he was so painful when I ran across it and I am SO GLAD I did. It bought him almost 3 more years, and in the end we had to put him down due to a freak accident and not pain from dysplasia.

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Permalink Reply by Wynne Phillips on April 9, 2012 at 6:24am

Thanks for the advice on Flavocin-I am going to give it a try! Gus is turning 8 this week and doing remarkably well. I find what really helps is keeping his weight down and lots of exercise. I also use hyaflex when he seems to be having a hard time, and that seems to help, along with Vet's Best hip & joint formula.

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Permalink Reply by Chester on April 9, 2012 at 7:55am

Glad to hear about Flavocin.  I may try that next.  Chester is 6 but has been dealing with hip dysplasia and front leg joint issues for the past several years.  His front wrists take his weight after he dislocated a toe, which never healed right with a cast, so with the toes separated that put more pressure on his wrists to carry his weight..and since his back left hip is on an off stiff, hes got real gait problems. Dr. said there really is not much you can do other than try to give him excersise to the best of his walking ability and help him with inflammation and pain.  So hes been on Duralatin which is an anti inflammatory (milk based) and trymodol on his bad days..guess these pain killers only work for so long.

 

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Permalink Reply by Wynne Phillips on April 9, 2012 at 6:25am

Thanks for the advice-I am going to give Flavocin a try! Overall Gus is doing very well-I find that keeping him a healthy weight and lots of exercise, along with supplements, really help. He turns 8 this week!

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Permalink Reply by Jane on April 9, 2012 at 8:38am

Hmm I may try that Flavocin too. I've had my guys on missing link plus but noticed zero difference.

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on April 9, 2012 at 1:44pm

Does your vet have experience with corgis?  I've heard that if you show an OFA radiologist a hip x-ray of a normal corgi, they'll say, "hip dysplasia".  Normal corgi hips are borderline dysplastic.  Second opinion?

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Permalink Reply by Chris, Kadi & Brodie on April 9, 2012 at 5:10pm

So sorry to hear this. Our Newfie was diagnosed with hip dysplasia plus elbow dylspasia before he was 2 years old. They told us he would probably have to be put down by the age of 4 if we didn't do surgery. Due to expense and the fact I had watched dogs suffer after such surgeries, we opted to treat only with GLC and tried to keep him VERY lean. We also allowed him to exercise and develop the muscles around his bad joints by swimming. He enjoyed a very happy life until he was 7, which is almost the full life expectancy of such a giant breed. My advice to you is that you use the glucosamine, keep him lean, and let him exercise, but no jumping.

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