Dog Health

Carrie S asked:


FIRST he has been to the vet he was diagnosed with a disease called degenerative meylopthy and he also has hip displasia. (sorry about spelling the diseases wrong) He is not in pain because the first disease makes him loose feeling in his legs. He just walked funny for a while now he is draging his foot a lot and he trips over his own rear legs. Not all the time but when he tries to play or he might fall if he is caught off gaurd. He doesn’t seem to be unhappy at all but I feel so bad for him. I think I am dealing with it worse than the dog he just gets a little frustrated when he has a hard time getting up otherwise he just ignores it and keeps going. My husband is in denial maybe that is how I should be???
yes he is a german shepherd we don’t plan to let him get to the point where he needs a cart we have a lot of stairs and that would be really hard and for that matter he has always been afraid of staris.

Chandler

officemgr_ccarter asked:


My dog at the two advent calanders that I bought for my girls. Each one has 25 small pieces of chocolate in it. I know it takes a lot, but do I need to be concerned about the dogs health, other than the fact that I am really mad!

Valerie

DogDayDillemas asked:


One of the dogs I’m considering adopting is said to be between 2-3 years old (male lab). He already has a lot of grey around his muzzle and neck. Is this any indication of how quickly he’s aging? Would a black lab that doesn’t grey that early age slower (live longer healthier) then one who grays so young?

Samantha

PuppyCrazy asked:


My family has had our dog since he was a puppy (now 6). He has always been a backyard dog, as he is half Lab and half Rot Weiler and is huge. We rarely let him go inside the house because he sheds a lot. I am thinking about getting a smaller dog just for me that I would keep indoors, but I’m not sure how my older dog would react. I mean I know he will get jealous, but I’m not sure how bad it will be or if it would start to affect his health in any way. Any thoughts?

Lukas