hip dysplasia
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By
Jeff Ivany on
January 14, 2007
Roxie the Saint Bernard Labrador mix has been gracing us with her presence for almost 2 years now. She’s become one heck of a great dog, especially around the munchkin. Some of you may recall that Roxie has grade 4 hip dysplasia and thus she basically has no hips. Well, I’m happy [...]
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| Tagged chondroitin sulfate, Dog, glucosamine, hip dysplasia, Labrador, methyl sulfonyl methane, Roxie, Saint Bernard
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By
Jeff Ivany on
December 9, 2005
Here’s a little Roxie Update.
We’ve had Roxie (our Saint Bernard - Labrador mix) on a bit of a diet since she was spayed because the vet told us she had a pretty decent layer of fat on her already. That was a couple months ago. We weighed her last night (differential weighing is getting [...]
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By
Jeff Ivany on
October 11, 2005
We’re now giving our Roxie glucosamine supplements to try and help her joints. We basically have an off the shelf “human” variety that contains glucosamine hydrocloride and chondroitin sulfate. The only other thing we should probably be giving her is methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM) but we haven’t found out how much yet. [...]
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| Tagged chondroitin sulfate, Dog, Eukanuba, glucosamine, hip dysplasia, Iams, methyl sulfonyl methane, Roxie
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By
Jeff Ivany on
October 4, 2005
If you’re thinking of getting a large breed puppy, make sure you factor in the cost of pet insurance for at least the first 18 months of their life. We opted out of the pet insurance as it seemed so expensive at the time and now we’re kicking ourselves. We have a St [...]
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| Tagged Dog, hip dysplasia, Labrador, pet insurance, Roxie, St Bernard
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By
Jeff Ivany on
September 28, 2005
Well, Roxie has grade 4 hip dysplasia. Basically it means she has no hips. The hip is supposed to be a ball and socket setup. Picture a socket shaped like a teacup. That is what a good socket should look like. Roxie’s is more like a dinner plate. It [...]
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| Tagged Dog, hip dysplasia, hip replacement, Roxie
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