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Do you have a vet in your area that is licensed to do spinal manipulation? My Pyr at a very young age would just drop during a walk. Her hips and knees were fine, but her low back was misaligned, causing her pain. A few 'chiropractic' adjustments later, she was doing great, and still is at age 5. The last time Liberty had an adjustment, it was $35 (that was in Northern lower Michigan - I'm sure prices vary greatly depending on where you live.) Good luck. Melissa > Subject: [pyrnet] Hing leg weakness in Pyrs > Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:25:48 -0400 > From: tmcculloch@achp.gov > To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org > > > A question on muscle strengthening treatments for big dogs. Our 11 1/2 > year old female Pyr has hind leg weakness. She recently had her hips > X-rayed, but only minor arthritis was found, and no dysplasia or other > issues. She has now been on a regimen of Adequan for several weeks. > While this seems to help a little, occasionally she still has a hard > time getting out of a sitting or squatting position, and ends up hopping > until we can pick her up and stabilize her. Afterwards, she is OK > again, and able to walk up stairs and do her half-run/half-jog through > the backyard keeping us safe from the squirrels. > > Does anyone know of other kinds of muscle builders that could help? Are > there steroids that work in these cases? Thanks for any information you > can provide. > > Tom McCulloch > > > To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@pyrnet.org with > unsubscribe pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org > as the BODY of the message. The SUBJECT is ignored. > Now you can invite friends from Facebook and other groups to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. Add them now! |