Bulldog limp
Submitted by dannvera on August 28, 2016 - 9:11pmMy 6 yr old male limps when he gets up from sleep. I think it's the way he curls his paws in when he sleeps but he's only limping on the left side. The limp goes away after a few minutes but I'm concerned. His gate when he runs is good so I don't think it's a ligament or muscle issue.
I saw another post about giving glucosamine and vitamin C for possible arthritis, wondering if this may help. Anyone know the dosage amount to give, he weighs approximately 55 lbs. ?
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DVera
Glucosomine can help...
we give one of the Costco brand glucosomine/MSM every day, I believe it's 1500 mgs. Newman is 6 and had the same problem, he had a stiffness when he got up and xrays showed some arthritis. The vet gave us Adequan which is a highly concentrated glucosomine that is given by injection. The first month he got shots I believe every week and after that just once a month. They showed me how to give the shots myself. It has done wonders for him.
I agree with Kathy.
Get some Glucosamine going as soon as possible. I feed either the sae as Kathy, or I get Cetyl M or dogs. It is very good.
Amy and Sophia
Two of our babies limp, for
different reasons....
We were afraid Sophie might have the common problem if a torn ACL......But Sophie's Xrays showed she has arthritis in her hips, plus a "luxating patella" (floating kneecap)....thankfully, neither require surgery.
She was getting Adequan injections, which helped----but recently, our wonder-bull vet isn't able to get any in...?
He also put her on daily Previcox (an NSAID similar Motrin or Advil; which doggies can't take). And, she gets
some very expen$ive chews from the vet's office----I'm can't remember if they have glocosamine and chondroiton in
them, but they probably do. All of these things have helped, and she hasn't limped in a long time...
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Our sweet elderly 12-year-old guy Professor, who adopted us 6 months ago also limps on one front leg...sometimes it
looks SO painful, it is so sad! :-( Since his owner surrendered him to our rescue, we don't have a complete history, but the vet thinks he had a torn ACL at one time that was never surgically fixed :-( The vet put him on a temporary course of Rimadyl, but it didn't really help. We massage his front legs almost every night, and I started him on glucosamine/ chondroiton about a month ago, and it seems to have helped a little bit. I think the massages help the most.....
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I hope your baby will find some relief! :-)
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Our sweet Archimedes "MEATY" Bones (or as we say...boneSHHH!) ---born 11/28/08---- our first bullllyyyy!!!
And SOPHIE Bubbles *Rapscallion* (LOL!) ---born 4/3/11----our second bulllllyyyy!!!!