millimoo
Well-Known Member
All,
I've posted on here before as my lab has history of lameness in her front left leg - she was joint tapped and x-rayed at 8-9 months and nothing found. The first instance followed a playful, but hefty knock by my mums bull mastiff - not sure if this has triggered something?
She is 3 1/2 years old now, and she hurt herself over the winter, and had to have one weeks rest, and came sound.
However shes' now regularily slightly unlevel on the near fore a couple of times a week (it really is very slight), and usually after excessive play and running after balls.
She has also had 2 episodes this year, where going after a ball she was hopping lame for a couple of strides and walked it off (cue further rest). It's always the same leg.
The vet has manipulated the joint, and doesn't feel any abnormalities, and she doesn't resist the manipulation, so for that reason i'm not keen to put her through an x-ray so the vet has suggested trying Sinoquin - he also suspects we probably won't see very much on x-ray as the lameness is slight. He says if she improves it will give us an answer, if not then we'll x-ray.
Does anyone think this is a sensible approach, as I know nothing about Sinoquin, and don't know whether I should tackle it via another method.
PS she's fully insured for life - but don't want to excessively test if not necessary
I've posted on here before as my lab has history of lameness in her front left leg - she was joint tapped and x-rayed at 8-9 months and nothing found. The first instance followed a playful, but hefty knock by my mums bull mastiff - not sure if this has triggered something?
She is 3 1/2 years old now, and she hurt herself over the winter, and had to have one weeks rest, and came sound.
However shes' now regularily slightly unlevel on the near fore a couple of times a week (it really is very slight), and usually after excessive play and running after balls.
She has also had 2 episodes this year, where going after a ball she was hopping lame for a couple of strides and walked it off (cue further rest). It's always the same leg.
The vet has manipulated the joint, and doesn't feel any abnormalities, and she doesn't resist the manipulation, so for that reason i'm not keen to put her through an x-ray so the vet has suggested trying Sinoquin - he also suspects we probably won't see very much on x-ray as the lameness is slight. He says if she improves it will give us an answer, if not then we'll x-ray.
Does anyone think this is a sensible approach, as I know nothing about Sinoquin, and don't know whether I should tackle it via another method.
PS she's fully insured for life - but don't want to excessively test if not necessary
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