I'm sure he will be fine hun giving his symptoms now,
at least he is with you and not lying out in the rain thats what worried me and the pic he looked totally miserable

hes back outside again ... gonna get him in and shut the door in a bit ..

daisy is fullyish back to normal now jude shes had her painkillers from the vets this morning, and theyve kicked in

Awww hope Freds feeling better

I hope fredley is feeling better
also not forgetting little daisy doo

aww hope he is okay hun I am worried now how he is

weve been to the vets today, and the new isnt good

the vet is sure fred has the early signs of arthritis.. .. he had a very thorough examination this morning, and the vet confirmed what i already had a sneaky suspicion of, she could even see what leg he was having problems with before i mentioned it, and when she touched it and manipulated it, fred growled very loudly lol .. i had been to the vets a few weeks ago when fred had his six monthly check up and i mentioned then that his leg clicks loudly and he struggles with it when he gets up, but the vet said he was fine and the clicking was normal(i think i mentioned it on the forum previously too) i had also previously noticed fred scraping his leg on the odd occasion, but yet again the vet said it was fine

the vet we had today was brilliant, she was very good she has put fred on metacam, he is to have no walks for a week or so, then we are to go back, he will have x-rays and we will go from there..

i checked with the vet insurance we have to see if we are covered for the x-rays an possible medication he will be on, and we arent... its our fault we havent read the small print properly ... but its not a problem, he will get whatever treatment he needs, and if it got too much, then i'd have to go get a job

has anybody got any advice, ive been trawling the internet and its all very overwhelming

POOR FRED, he is only a baby to be getting arthritis, my susie [ bless her ] got polyarthritis in every joint due to a allergy to a antibiotic , when it happened the vet wanting to put her to sleep she was that bad, but i said i would try alternate medication and put her on dorwest products http://www.dorwest.com/Top/Joints arnica and rhutox , after a few weeks she went swimming and i managed to keep her going with a good life for 2 extra years, now i have my girls on food with added glucosamine and cronadine but would go back to dorwest if they got any signs of arthritis

i'll have a look at the dorwest cheers hun, theres so much advice out there my head is swimming lol... i just want to do whats best for my lad

would giving him cod liver oil in his food help,or is it too little too late

i keep blaming myself wondering if ive done something wrong... have i over walked him, he fell off the trampoline a few times when he was younger and i never took him to the vets, has running up and down the stairs contributed, slippin on the laminate cant be any good either etc etc

im hoping the metacam helps and his x-rays, when he has them, arent too bad *fingers crossed*

Shelley first of all you have to stop blaming yourself
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
and the vets might be wrong it could be a sprain or something. wait for the x-ray results hun
sending (((hugs))) to you and Fredly

Im sorry to hear about Fred . Like Karen says you must not blame yourself .

Im with Sue with regards to the Dorwest products it is good stuff.
Sending hugs to you and Fred

don't blame yourself , you have let fred enjoy been a puppy and have fun. you can give cod liver oil cos that helps lubricate joints , we always think of the worst with our dogs at the end of the day there are alot more worse things than a little arthritis ,

First of all Shell I am sending you massive hugs I know your brain will be working overtime thinking about this, should you have done something different, how will it affect Fred, what happens if this, what happens if that

I agree with the girls, don't blame yourself that will get you no where.

I would go with Sue's advice being very experienced you won't go far wrong


When the Xrays are done you will know exactly what is what, how long will that take once they are done do they read them or send them off


Hugs for you and Fred

they only send them off for hipscoring , i think [ not 100% ] when there is arthritis in a joint it shows up like a greying round it were the surrounding muscle swells up to protect the damaged joint , if that makes sense

if he needs to be on metacam a long while , you can get a prescription from your vet and buy it cheaper on line , everything helps , http://www.viovet.co.uk/Prescription_Drugs-Prescription_Drugs_M_-_Q-Metacam_Oral_Suspension/c1_34_5/index.html

I give Rory and Sacha 1500 grm tab of glucosamine sulphete every day (tablet)

to you both