Yesterday we make second xray. And it looks much better than first. First was take at 6months, and this in 9months.
Both balls are sitting deeper in sockets <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Photo of xray: http://b.foto.radikal.ru/0609/abd515b060ec.jpg

One hip looks ok, but other still not good. How do you think - if she had so visible changes in 3months, is it possibly that after second 3months bad hip will looks a bit better ? <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
She have pain in one ankle, so maybe she use the painfull leg less than other and have less muscle than in other leg. So if she will build up more muscles, then maybe ball will go deeper ?

Not only is the left hip bad but the right one also has a shallow acetablum.

I would skip the oral suppliments and go directly to monthly Adequan injections for life. (after the initial loading dose) Of course you can do the oral sups in addition to the Adequan but if you have to pick, do the Adequan.

Adequan & Legend combined

Adequan really does help, Liga. My pup finished the loading dose in January and will have monthly injections for the rest of his life. He has shown a lot of improvement.

Yes Adequan is fantastic, but even better when combined with Legend. I had a dog on this combination for over 4 years.

What is Legend?

Here is a link: http://www.austinequine.com/article.html

A & L have been used in combination for horses for quite a while, it is the preferred treatment of arthritis, etc. My dog was in a clinical trial for the use of these two drugs in combination for dogs. I believe Bayer has now approved it in the use of dogs. It is costly, but worth every penny!

Legend is excellent, but it IS expensive. If you can afford it, go for it. The only down side is Legend is given IV, which most people will not feel compfortable doing themselves. That means routine vet visits to get the injection. Adequan is IM and after being shown how to do it most people can do their monthly injections at home.

It's sad to hear about another young dog with hip dysplasia, hope someday it becomes a disease of the past. My pup just turned 1 yr the other day and is doing well. I put him on the oral supplements and after the initial few weeks of building it up in his system he quit limping and he is doing pretty good.

My thoughts are that as long as he is continues to do this well with what I am giving him then I don't see the need to switch him to the Adequan yet. But it's nice to know that it is available and from what the other posters have said is works really good. Regardless of which treatment you decide to use, the sooner you get him started the better.

I do have a question for those of you that are using the Adequan. With all medications that are used on a regular bases there can come a time when the body can build up a resistence to it and an increased dose is needed to get the same benefit. For those of you that use Adequan, has your vet mentioned that at some point down the road you may need to increase the dose you are giving to your dogs?

Hi Peggy,

You're right...there does come a time when a particular medication no longer works well. Dosages are based on weight so you can't really up the dosage. You can increase the frequency you give the medication up to a certain point. With dogs on oral NSAIDS once the maximum given/day no longer works they are switched to another...and then another. Then, depending on the age and health of the animal, surgery may be the next step or, in the case of an older dog with a very diminished quality of life, it would be time to put him to sleep

With Adequan, after finishing the loading dose you do it "as needed". For me, that may be one injection every 1-2 months. If he needs it more often he can have it but if we're doing it every 1-2 weeks because he MUST have it then I think, realistically, it's time to do the surgery.

It's a good question