rosie & Lilly pearl
Submitted by judy wilson on October 7, 2010 - 1:05pmMy wilson who i bought as a show dog has hemi vertbrea....it does not effect him as much as your rosie....he does drag his back feet once in a while....but what i do for him is accupuncture once a month...i also have a riki massage therapist give him a massage and they straighten out his back. ...the steroid will not stunt the growth of your dog....it will take away the inflammation between the disk..i would reduce alot of the heavy exercise....keep play time down and ruff housing to a min....when you see her getting weak its rest time....
on the home page of this site their is a article on hemi vertebrae.... its not a death sentence my wilson is 3 years old and as long as i make sure he does not get exhausted their are little problems
this is wilson..he has hemi vertbrea....hypolastic trechea....severe allergies.... with management he is a happy healthy boy....despite his could care less breeder
Do we have an update on Rosie? She had an appt today.....
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the vet said hemi verterbre
It sounded like Hemi vertabrae to me, this is not to to bad,
This is not totally horrible news. You should email Pam, she had a foster girl that had Hemi vertabrae and they had surgery done on her, and she is living a great life with her new mom. Of course she will never walk 100% "normal", she can still live a normal life.
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I think, but am not sure, but I believe when Tillie May had the surgery for Hemi vertabrae, she was only a year old or so, maybe a year and a half, so it is doable, and she was adopted and lives the life of Riley now.
Thank you for the encouragement
Rosie's x-ray shows not one or two hemi vertebrae, but multlpe ones, with a curviture in the spine, which makes it very difficult to perform a major operation on a little 13lb baby. When the surgeon says there is nothing he could do, what are we to think? I am totalling overwhelmed with grief. After reading so many articles online, it sounds like all english bulldogs, french bulldogs could have a hemi-vertebrae and not show any signs without an x-ray. I feel all reputible breeders should provide these x-rays for proof the parents have healthy spines. Karen
Karen C
this is dasiy she is 4 yo has a curve of the
spine and many hemi vertebrae..... no she cant ran as fast as the others....she has problems with urine...but thats becasue of untreated uti..also she cant stand to poop...but she is happy and out going...when you breed a drawf dog like a bull you cant get rid of everything and this is a problem the breed will have for years....if you bought from a good breeder talk with them about your options
Daisy looks like she has very
Daisy looks like she has very strong hind legs. When did the hemi-vertebrae first become evident?
Karen C
When Pam had Tillie May done,
Tillie May dragged her back legs and her rear end, she could not walk ( I believe) you cann look her up on youtube, Tillie May, she will be listed under Indiana Bulldog rescue. There is a video of her before the surgery and you can see how bad a shape she was in, I think there is an after video also. She was a real inspiration.
daisy is very weak in the rear
she can take 5 or 10 steps then sits down...she was 4 when i adopted her ....she has had this all her life....she cant run around as fast as the others...but she loves to play and the others always include her in....she has trouble going up three steps but i watch to make sure she does not fall backwards....its kind of sad...but she does good..she does play..she loves to sit in the sun...rolls in the dirt...i wish she was normale but she is what she is