skinnydipper
Well-Known Member
Thank you Welshy for your very helpful post. Much appreciated.
Levrier.
I think sometimes it is better not to give an opinion about things that you have no experience of.
Sully's hip and elbow dysplasia are managed conservatively with cold laser therapy and hydrotherapy. They have not stopped him living a fulfilled and happy life. (Even Fitzpatrick's offer conservative management with physio, hydrotherapy and laser treatment)
He has continued with his laser therapy but the effect of the steroids has meant he is currently too tired to have his hydrotherapy. He attends an Animal Rehab Clinic for his hydro and the vets for his laser treatment
The problem with his gut did not start a year ago and he is not receiving "speculative" treatments. He started Prednisolone on 18 January this year and on Metronidazole on 29 January. Please don't make ill informed judgements.
If you wish to learn then "Inflammatory Bowel Disease in dogs - Diagnosis & Therapy" Todd R Tams, DVM, DACVIM is a good place to start, it outlines the various protocols to treat the disease. He also wrote the Handbook of Small Animal Gastroenterology. He is an internationally renowned expect and Chief Medical Officer at VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital.
Another informative paper is
How I treat inflammatory bowel disease in dogs
Stanley L. Marks, BVSc, PhD, DACVIM (Internal Medicine, Oncology), DACVN University of California,
Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
Professor of Small Animal Medicine
You are mistaken if you think I joined the forum to conduct a poll on whether Sully should be put to sleep, I can make that decision myself thank you. I was hoping for advice from somebody who had some experience of the disease.
If you have nothing useful to contribute perhaps it would be better to keep quiet.
Levrier. I apologise if I misunderstood your post. I thought you were advising that euthanasia was the best option for Sully at this time, I don't agree.
Thank you Ambers Echo.
In fact Sully is a lot brighter today. He has been bringing his toys to me to play, repeatedly bringing his ball for me to throw and posting his toys out of the dog flap for me to retrieve We have just got back from our evening walk and he is now trying to engage Milly the cat in play. If he is happy then I am happy.