Gun Dog Forum

to all that has had this experience with their dogs, will there always be alittle sign of the surgery being done in the futute? ie. toe touching when standing being alittle lame after alot of exercize or anything else , so I won't be too worried if I see these or should I be calling the Vet. if I do...

the tendonitis caused by too much activity too sonn has set Petra back 4 weeks , the post surgery activity done by Lukes guide, is very easy and simple to follow and is slower but has had for him much better results with his dogs, just using common sense with our dogs seems to be the best answer, be...

Petra before her surgery and now was put on the senior and less active food made by the same company as her regular food, she is 53# and was at about 3 cups not during hunting season of her reg. food,and went to 1 and half to under 2 cups of the lean food and was still adding a few pounds, veg., rea...

petra at 6 and half weeks, now has the pettellar tendon swollen, only 3-4 dogs a year at this clinic is seen with this after surgery, It is getting frustrating to be doing everything that we are told and taking steps backwards all the time, now back to only pee walks for 5 days, metacam and icing. W...

information FROM THE VET SPECIALIST ON muscles and joints I received at my dogs therapy session yesterday, at this point the ACL problems are not linked to any genetic problems, and the most common problem is from degenerative dis., which the cause is unknown. The early nuetering can cause the growt...

I spend alot of time at my home in Tucson in the winter and the vets there and the dog trainers say ,what everyone is saying here, the vets there don't even like to give the vacc. because they think it gives too many people a false sense of security, Web Parton there who is from a long line of hunti...

Denise, I'm leaving to take Petra to therapy, I will have her log in to the forum to see if you have any more questions. we will be going there for the next 4 weeks , Mon, Wed., Thurs.

Sorry to scare you, the coloring of your dog is like Petra's, yes last fall I went to a seminar given by a Vet at the U of MN. who specializes In genetics, she looked at early nuetering and hip Dysp., and disc . how the bone mass, muscle mass, etc. is linked to all the hormones during growth.

You are exactly correct, my dog's legs are almost straight up and down, very little angle at her knee and at times at the therapist the hock is almost hyper extended. she doesnt look anything like her parents,but has good lines, but no line breeding ,so always can be a crap shoot, and the early spay...

Luke's Guide, How is your dog doing after the TTA on July 1?

wems2371, starting the sixth week and still alittle hitch in her trot, swimming was alittle soon last week , too much movement, back to the water treadmill this week. the picture of your dog looks just like mine. I,m on a list for a black GSP , if she has one, I'm excited, VCBLITZ, will congragulate...

Howie GREAT!! I did not know that you have a knew pup. Must be a male. What does Blitz think of sharing you with a new pup?

Thanks Bob, was your dogs ACL repair due to injuries or degenerative dis.? We are at 4 and half weeks all is well. The ortho dog site is upset with me because I said it was less invasive than the TTA, boy did that open up some wounds for some I guess I'm blacklisted there like I'am on this forum . I...

at another posting someone was asking if the dog with the knee problem was a spayed female mine is and at the bad age of 6 mo. , with the research that I have done and the lectures I've gone to on the subjects of nuetering dogs and at what age , my preference from now on will be not to nueter until ...

I totally agree, she was made for hunting and that is what she wants to do, and I haven't had a dog with a higher desire and is so enjoyable to hunt with and a strong desire to please, she would not be happy as a lap dog.

at this site and orthodogforum, most posts are about eventually having to have the other knee done, my research ranges from 30% to 75% chance of this happening, I would like to know if anyone knows of a dog only having to have only one knee done and was anything done to help this to happen or just l...

the woman I train my dogs with has a male that she wasnt able to keep weight on, he looked alot like your dog , he is never still ,always moving even in a crate, alittle unstable, but she switched to the top native with him and he put on weight and his coat looks great, even had to cut him back , bu...

Thank you for the helpful words. Now into the third week. incision was good , the hock was swollen for two weeks. started therapy again , I was told very firmly to not try to push the recovery. and yes I give her all the supplements. Your picture is great , My last GSP at 6 mo was standing looking o...

One big problem happening with all the time spent triing conservative therapy and now the surgery she is developing seperation anxiety, I've never seen this in her before, ant tips to help? I guess I wont have her range to far.

I was told by the surgeon 8-12 weeks to FULL recovery, which I hope is true she is a great Grouse dog ,Sept 10 opener, with less running than in the open field I hope to start her there before Pheasent season to see how she is doing, yes I was told that there was a good chance that she would tear th...

Five days after surgery, she is using her leg , only concern now is hock is very swollen. has anyone gone through this with their hunting dog , would like to know how well the dog returned to the field after and lenght of time to do it.

Hello, my two and half year old GSP is having the TTA surgery June 2 ,tried 4 mo. of therapy because knee didnot have any extra movement but she always showed signs of being lame in the evening so an x-ray and all the synp. sched. surgery if there really isn't a tear it will turn iinto an explorator...

to mountaindogs, what Petra was having was petit (sp) seizures, that we thought was maybe due to low blood sugar, also the only time that I saw them was in the evening and infrequent so I kept a log what food used and exercise level etc. the vet I _was! seeing wanted to put her on meds. but having h...

My GSP was having very mild seizures and a kept a log and it coinsided with the heart worm med and swithed to Interceptor, all is well so far.

My 2 year old GSP to have T.T.A. surgery June 2 would like any other person who has had good luck with this surgery on their Gun Dog let me know please.

Petra is my GSP, we hunt Grouse and Pheasant in MN. and Wisc. I am a woman who enjoys hunting upland game with my dog . I have also been hunting in Africa. I enjoy training Gun dogs and I am for breeding dogs for the enhancement of the breed.