Fed up , light of my life diagnosed with arthritus at just 4

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My lovely border collie who is 4 tomorrow started showing slight lameness on front right leg 3 weeks ago , ignored it , typical border collie just pulled something it'll go away , and it did for a while, starting limping again at weekend so went to vets yesterday , only to be told he has mild arthritus in his knee,
devastated he is a star at agility doing very well last year, what the future holds now i don't know. Vet has recommended glucosomine etc and metacam for flair ups. Going to try some DGP [ dog gone pain ]which is supposed to be brill .Can still do agility but things will never be the same , still running around like a loon which i am trying to control , not even limping most of the time , just seems to be after a nap , anyone else tried DGP ? was so looking forward to this year will the shows starting soon .
 
Sorry to hear that :( Might be worth looking into Cartrophen injections?
Our Goldie (10 years young!) had one injection a week for 4 weeks and was like a new dog - she's now just started to deteriorate again after 4 months so is going again this week for another injection.
They are fantastic.
K x
 
Both mine have arthritis, Sage is 6 and Dex is 5. I's a rottiie thing!! Sage was quite lame and is on Trocoxil. It's a once a month tablet and she is now completely sound and back to her crazy self. Have a chat with your vet.
 
Thanks for your helpful replies, have booked him in for x-ray next monday after talking to my agility trainer , turns out the very same vet misdiagonosed her dog , so i need to be sure .
He is fed CSJ super dooper champ , going to see what x-ray says and take it from there .
 
If he were mine and showing signs of arthritic changes at an early age I would explore raw, (of course if he were mine he would already be on it!). I would then be looking for a good quality natural remedy joint supplement to support the diet and would probably have approached a homeopathic vet for advice and support before I explored the drugs route. Usually a truly natural diet and a natural remedy work much better together than if the remedy has to fight any inadequacies in the diet.

Personally cooked food with additives added back in for basic nutrition is not ideal if you already have problems of this nature and certainly cannot be described as a natural food, it’s probably just that the additives they have to put back in after cooking, drying and preserving are not synthetic and all the ingredients originally came from a plant or animal of some kind!
 
My old girl has arthritis and has been on Seraquin tablets for just over a year. At Christmas she started limping whenever she had been resting so we have started her on Salmon Oil and CSJ No Ake which is Devil's Claw Root. We also purchased a Bioflow Collar and put her on a weight reducing regime. She is now much improved again so will swap the No Ake for CSJ Get Over and keep the No Ake for the flair up.
If she deteriorates again I expect we will look at Cartrophen injections.
 
Our 6 year old GWP started limping last August and initially we were told arthritis.
After more x-rays it turned out she had damaged the front of her wrist and through compensating for the soreness the tendons at the back had become inflamed as well. She had 6 -8 laser treatments and is now sound again and doing flyball.
Good luck with yours, I hope it turns out to be controllable/treatable.
 
I can definitely second the recommendation for hydrotherapy. Our rising 5yr old Border Collie was diagnosed with mild Hip Dysplacia before xmas and the hydro really helps him (and he loves it too!). A lot of dogs come to the hydro centre we use with arthritis too as it helps with their mobility.

Ours is fed Arden Grange which contains Chondroitin and Glucosamine - I did ask the Physio about using an additional supplement like green lipped mussel extract but she said it wasn't necessary at this point in time.

Good luck with your boy.
 
Don't dispair just yet. there is a huge amount you can do and every chance you can get him pain free for a good quailty of life. Riaflex Canine Joint Plus is worth considering. It contains all the most important compounds for joint health and is the strongest on the market by quite some way. Give the lady who formulates it a ring or e mail. She is a qualified physio and is massively helpful in making things clearer for you to allow you to make the best decisions.
www.riaflex-equine.co.uk
Good luck
 
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