Frantzie....I do NOT know...but thank them DEARLY for not dumping him at the shelter as a LOT of people are doing with their old/ill dogs.
I’d say, top of my head, keep on with what they’re doing and make sure he’s getting SOME exercise.
What is the vet recommending?
It is heartbreaking in Obama’s Depression that pets are among the hardest hit. So sad.
They are people and they really love their dog. He is a good boy.
I have been doing a lot of research because I can find the info for them faster. The cutting edge stuff in veterinary is usually equine (horses) because of big money in horses. Poor horses with racing and show jumping - they get beat up doing that.
The shockwave therapy is pretty common for horses and humans plus dogs now too. It came out of Germany out of the research on gallstone and kidney stones. The Germans found if you put people in a tub of water and used low frequency you can break up the stones. It is done here too. Not the same thing but similar idea with healing joints, muscle damages etc.
They are going to see a specialist. I talked to the state university vet school and they said stem cell was 50/50. IRAP not enough data. They said accupuncture and shockwave can be promising.
The video of that Lab on the Denver news station show the 12 year old Lab was helped with IRAP.
Thanks.
I went to look around at the local pound on Tuesday. I noticed that quite a few of the pets were owner surrendered—some were older. Some were special needs. Lots of homeless sad looking animals out there. We may get a cat tomorrow at another shelter that was supposedly given up because she was rubbing her butt on the carpet. If that was truly the reason, we would have had to given up a lot of pets over the years for doing that and/or soiling on the carpet.