May 03, 2011
Have you ever heard of reversing the damage from HD? OR have you ever had a dog of this age fail and then retest later to pass?
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Hi and I just want to say a really big THANK-YOU for your site and all the info you provide. I have bought several of your videos. I have been breeding/showing and training dogs for about 35 yrs. I currently have Bernese Mountain Dogs and Tibetan Mastiffs. You can never have enough knowledge!I have a female Tibetan I have a question on. She was OFA prelimed at 14 months. She was rated a GOOD and NORMAL. Well many things happened at her 2 yr birthday and I just did not get her 2 yr x-rays done. At about 18 months she was out in the pasture and killed a deer. It took all my strength to get her back up to the kennel. Two times after that when I took her to the pasture with the group for exercise she would climb the cattle fencing looking for deer. Well until I can get higher fence installed she was confined to the immediate kennel are for exercise.
She has remained in this small area about 100ft x 60 feet until last week when I took her for her OFA x-rays. Her x-rays came back MILD and NORMAL she is now 27 months. I was shocked to see a healthy pair of hips with a GOOD rating go to MILD with DJD in just 13 months PLUS with the limited amount of exercise My question to you is this:
I have her on the following:
Move Free Advanced with MSM
Sea Mussel
Ester C 2000mg
Noni antioxidant
Have you ever heard of reversing the damage from HD?
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0039.htm
OR have you ever had a dog of this age fail and then retest later to pass?
I have actually had a Berner fail by 3 orthapedic suregeons opinions and then the OFA passed her! Stanger things have happened!
I would really value your opinion. Lorie
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I would swim this dog and do low impact exercise (like hill walking) and have the hips re-evaluated. If you used anesthesia for the first OFAs, I would recommend finding a vet that can do quality films with just physical restraint. I would also make sure she was not within a month of coming into or going out of season. Hormones can loosen the ligaments and alter the OFA results.
If the joint is truly “bad” or damaged then it may be an exercise in futility, but since she had a good prelim I would give it a shot.
Sorry for the delay in answering, we have had a seminar going on here and haven’t had time for emails. Thanks for your patience.
Cindy
If the joint is truly “bad” or damaged then it may be an exercise in futility, but since she had a good prelim I would give it a shot.
Sorry for the delay in answering, we have had a seminar going on here and haven’t had time for emails. Thanks for your patience.
Cindy
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