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We adopted a shelter dog. His name is Quinton: Quinton is probably about 2, but his back legs are already hosed. You can tell that they're hosed just by looking at them, but we had xrays done and according to the vet they're super bad and he's in pain. So we took him to a specialist at the local university and their recommendation is to do physical rehab. I'm not against it, but it's expensive (about $2000) for a month or two worth of visits. Pet insurance doesn't cover it. I can afford this, but I'm hesitant to pay that much money so that my dog can walk on an underwater treadmill and do TENS therapy. I'm just skeptical that one or two months of physical rehabilitation is going to make much of a difference, especially with a chronic condition. So, I'm wondering what experience other people have with physical rehabilitation for their dog and whether it made a difference for chronic conditions.
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Mar 26, 2018 00:06
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what's the condition?
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Mar 26, 2018 01:55
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:what's the condition? He has hip dysplasia and luxating patellas (she did say that only surgery could fix the patellas, but that strengthening his legs/hips would help with pain/mobility). I think his problems are worse than that, but I only understood the issues as "general garbage legs". I'll call the vet and see if I can get more specifics.
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Mar 26, 2018 12:16
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MALE SHOEGAZE posted:He has hip dysplasia and luxating patellas (she did say that only surgery could fix the patellas, but that strengthening his legs/hips would help with pain/mobility). I'd be interested in the specifics. Hip Dysplasia and Luxating Patellas are pretty treatable and relatively common things. Like you say, luxating patellas are indeed surgery like..the vast majority of the time. Hip Dysplasia has a Lot of different treatments and I'd definitely do physical rehab for a dog with it if I had cash to throw around.
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Mar 26, 2018 13:26
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