Dogue De Bordeaux limping problem

[impu]

Hi
I have a Dogue De Bordeaux (Hercules). He's about 10-11 months old
and almost 95lbs. For sometimes (about 3 months), he's been limping
on his front right foot. This is sorta goes terrible (as if he's having
terrible time walking) to almost no symptoms at at all . I pressed as
hard as I could and moves his leg different way but he shows no sign of
pain. So, I took him to Vet (and they pressed him quite hard but he
was not reactive to Vet's various test). So, she asked me to watch his
food and give him Remedyl (spelling?) I gave him and he almost lost
that pain. Then again, for about last two weeks, he started to limp
again (this time even worse). This time a different vet (In that
hospital, Vet change their job often :) anyway, that Vet gave me some
knowledge which I was given already (About OCD and so on). So, per
Vet's advice, i am giving him Remedyl (yes, again) and keeping him under
very low exercise. Even though he would run around and jump from this
sofa to that sofa to everywhere in the house (specially when I come
home) And of course, I have another GSD who also play with him a
lot. I am doing what I can, but my next option is to do an X-RAY.
Well, do you have any suggestion what he may have encounter that we can
not determine by pressing his bone or exercising his joints? Both of
those Vet couldn't tell me something specific (I guess they need X-RAY).

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Thanks again,

[tra...@ix.netcom.com]

I'm not a vet, but did anyone suggest it could be panosteitis, aka
pano? My (modest) understanding is that this is a stage some
large-breed dogs go through, like growing pains, that are genuinely
painful but treatable by reducing exercise and activity in general
(hard, I know, with an active adolescent dog!), don't know about
medications.

Tracy Landauer

[Erik H. Hofmeister]

On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, impu wrote:

> lot. I am doing what I can, but my next option is to do an X-RAY.
> Well, do you have any suggestion what he may have encounter that we can
> not determine by pressing his bone or exercising his joints? Both of
> those Vet couldn't tell me something specific (I guess they need X-RAY).

The three most common causes of forelimb lameness in young dogs is
panosteitis, osteochondrosis (OCD; usually of the shoulder), and elbow
dysplasia. Your vet would need radiographs to distinguish between these
three disease processes. Also, the approach to treatment is very
different for each. Just throwing anti-inflammatories at the problem
isn't a really good idea IMHO.

Erik "Rouleaux" Hofmeister
WSU Class '00

PLEASE NOTE: In the absence of a traditional veterinarian-client-patient
relationship, this information should be taken as a friendly opinion, not
as an official clinical recommendation. Also realize that I am a veterinary
student, and anything stated should be taken with that in mind.

[Andy Brenner]

FWIW, both my dogs have had Lyme disease, both went lame in the front right
leg. Treatment for the Lyme cured the problem. Where are you located?

impu wrote in message <36CA434A...@mindpring.com>...

[Larry Himes]

You probably checked for this but sometimes people (even vets) overlook the
obvious. Have you checked to see if he has a chapped or damaged footpad? My
mastiff used to lick his right foot alot sometimes and really get the pad so
that it would chap and bother him. Sometimes it would cause a pretty bad bad
limp.

Just an idea.

Larry.

In article <36CA434A...@mindpring.com>, impu <im...@mindpring.com> wrote:
>Hi
> I have a Dogue De Bordeaux (Hercules). He's about 10-11 months old
>and almost 95lbs. For sometimes (about 3 months), he's been limping

>on his front right foot. This is sorta goes terrible (as if he's having
>terrible time walking) to almost no symptoms at at all . I pressed as
>hard as I could and moves his leg different way but he shows no sign of
>pain. So, I took him to Vet (and they pressed him quite hard but he
>was not reactive to Vet's various test). So, she asked me to watch his
>food and give him Remedyl (spelling?) I gave him and he almost lost
>that pain. Then again, for about last two weeks, he started to limp
>again (this time even worse). This time a different vet (In that
>hospital, Vet change their job often :) anyway, that Vet gave me some
>knowledge which I was given already (About OCD and so on). So, per
>Vet's advice, i am giving him Remedyl (yes, again) and keeping him under
>very low exercise. Even though he would run around and jump from this
>sofa to that sofa to everywhere in the house (specially when I come
>home) And of course, I have another GSD who also play with him a

>lot. I am doing what I can, but my next option is to do an X-RAY.
>Well, do you have any suggestion what he may have encounter that we can
>not determine by pressing his bone or exercising his joints? Both of
>those Vet couldn't tell me something specific (I guess they need X-RAY).
>
>
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