Hip Dysplasia in Dogs : Natural and Sustainable approach
When an active young dog is unable to walk all of a sudden, it smells fishy
A 2 year old male American Bully was presented to me last October with an inability to walk
The pet patient was brought to me after 4 days of treatment for a limp. By then he had been on a course of injections. When I saw him, he barely could walk with his hind side. Low appetite. Hadn't passed urine for several hours
The following x ray was taken on the very first day of the limp. The x ray angles are not perfect but I couldn't be fussing around just over that
I used a combination of checking/feeling the dog, history, tests and the x ray. They revealed a low grade bilateral hip dysplasia
In layman terms, this means that both sides of the hips have sockets that are too shallow to hold the ball of the joint - apparently in both the limbs
These lead to painful hips, limping, painful knees (by ultimate CCL ruptures) and complete inability to walk
I know that in most developed countries or even in other countries patients like this are taken for surgery to correct hip dysplasia but the success rates are not 100% most of the time
I have seen patients having to go through repeat surgeries several times. Pets suffer in pain for prolonged periods of time
This is why I have sought a more holistic and safe approach
This is a another condition where minimal medication and focused nutrition could be used to manage patients
Then the dog was put on a few medication and focused nutritional supplementation
It has been almost two months now since I treated him first and the pet patient is recovering. The owner informed me today. I will still have to keep adjusting his nutrition to bring him to his best potential again
How sustainable is this approach? 100% sustainable to the pet for years and to the pocket
Note that this is not a 100% recovery technique but I'd say it does have a recovery chance of 99%; a very safe and supportive method for the pet
It's amazing what examining a pet, giving on point but minimal medication and focused nutrition can do to save a life
Had the dog been
1. put on injections (mostly used are antibiotics, vitamin B12, Diuretics etc) - unnecessary, no effect to limited recovery, risks of hypotension, acute kidney failure (AKI)
2. Taken for surgery - mentioned earlier
3. left untreated - knee weakness, inability to bear weight from the hind region due to muscle atrophy, kidney disease (AKI)
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