German Shepherd Ny
german shepherd ny
I hv a German Shepherd…8 yrs…of late muscle loss in his rite paw n shldr..nt able 2 walk propr..ny help?
…otherwise he is quite healthy…fit except for a limp which has been there for some time..vet hasnt been of much help..though some improvement is there..
We had taken him to a vet…but hasnt helped much…. probably he had hurt himself while playing…doesnt seem like arthritis…just that there has been a lot of muscle loss…seems like healing but it has been a long time..
…you can feel very less muscle on his right shoulder just by touching….
age doesnt seem to be a symptom as otherwise he is very active (touchwood)…
Yeah he eats well..though sometimes he skips but that is due to the hot summers..
Havnt tried restricting his movement…he just doesnt sit at one place..probably could try that..and the ointment as well..
I have 4 pedigree German Shepherd Dogs. If he is of good pedigree he should live to 10-12 years and not be prone to hip dysplasia ,(despite the advice offered here by others), this undesirable defect is bred-out not ‘bred-in’ by reputable breeders who would only breed from x-rayed stock with low hip scores.. i.e usually less than 12 total. Lesser known than hip dysplasia is elbow dysplasia which is also a congenitive defect with no cure as such… only recently have hips AND elbows been X-rayed for breeding stock. Because like all of us, the poor guy is getting older his joints will be becoming worn out and steriods/glucosamine may alleviate the symptoms and lead to a partial recovery. The muscle wastage may be due to him carrying the limb and not using it so it will atrophy to some extent. Ask your vet whether anti-inflammatory treatments would help but unfortunately he may never loose the limp. Good luck to both of you… I hope he feels better soon and has a happy and fulfilling life for years to come.

Pemphigus!!!! Who knows about German Shepherd predisposed Pemphigus and a medicine to cure it?
We have a German Shepherd mix who was perfectly healthy until we moved from Upstate NY to Texas..For the past 2 years we have had her on Tetracycline and Niacinamine…For about 6 months last year her Pemphigus TOTALLY broke…We were so happy she didnt have to continue the antibiotics..Then last Novemeber it broke out again….The vets want thousands of dollars we do NOT have….It is cruel the way the vets charge a house mortgage amount to help someone with their dog…..Our dog has blisters around her lip edge, inbetween her toes and once in a while she gets them on the bottom of her tail…I’m told she has a mild dose..yet i want to break this cycle..Recently I came across an add for dinovite..which i’m trying…any suggestions would be much appreciated….
You are going to think I’m crazy, but seriously… try switching your dog to raw food… It is relatively cheap (certainly cheaper than kibble feeding.) I feed 3 dogs… 1 Belgian Malinois (Belgian Shepherd), 1 Malinois/Rhodesian Ridgeback Cross, and a Collie Cross for about $75/month.
My Mal/Rh. Ridgeback cross was full of skin issues when we started fostering her. But, after 3 weeks on raw prey model type of diet, they all cleared up and her fur grew back.
These two sites were the biggest help for me…
www.rawmeatybones.com
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/
Trust me you will be glad when this works. And it is much cheaper than going to the vet. Vets are taught to treat the symptoms not give you nutritional advice. Most Autoimmune diseases start due to poor diet…
Good luck.
Oh, and another good site for German Shepherd info including predisposed diseases:
www.leerburg.com
They have forums where you can post messages and read messages from other German Shepherd breeders and owners.
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