Limping on Right Rear Leg

[FaisalY]

dear Rottweiler lovers,

I need an advice for my 17 month old Rottie. she is now sick and do 'bunny-hop' while walking. but she never show any pain, even when she want to stand or sit

couple months ago we have a flood my area. she really taking care of my wife and my daughter (protect from any stranger who want to enter our home during flood). after that she is so weak and she has an inflamation in her kidney. vets cured her kidney, however she is now limp while walking. mostly she is doing 'bunny-hop' while walking, we have do xray and the result show her femur was slightly outside of the acetabulum. She don't show the pain sign, she is still active playing with me.

my vets said she has a HD. however she never give sign of pain at all.

I am reside in Jakarta, Indonesia. So far I am out of luck finding a good vets for her. Can I get an advice from Rottie lovers here as I want to return my favour to her.


thanks b4,

FY

[rottcrazed]

Rottweilers are very stoic animals and rarely show signs of pain, so to say she doesn't show pain does not mean she is not in any.

Get her xrayed, that is all you can do. Could he HD, could be a blown Cruciate ligament which is also very common in this breed and would need to be diagnosed differently but once you eliminate HD, you can go from there.

Cruciate injury requires surgery to repair it as well.

Kristi

[keysfins]

FaisalY, thank you for posting your question, and your kind attitude to take care of your dog. I'm sorry if you have limited veterinary services, and I can't offer any help. But I wanted to commend you that you want to take care of your dog well, in a difficult situation.

keysfins

[FaisalY]

@Rottcrazed and @Keyfins, thanks for the response.

how can we see (beside XRay) the main reason we can tell whether this dog is HD or not? and if in this case she was HD, then do you think it is safe to have her pregnant?

is there any categorized for HD?

sorry if I am asking too many question.


thanks and best regards,

FY

[FaisalY]

rottcrazed and keysfins, thanks for the response.

I have visit 2 vets with different diagnosis results. It is confusing me now. one doctor said my dog have HD dan the other said it is not. fyi, when she is walking she looks like doing a small jump (bunny hop), however she manage to stands using her two legs when she asking for a vitamin.

any idea what could happen with her?


thanks b4,

FY

[brunie's mom]

[quote=FaisalY;781386]@Rottcrazed and @Keyfins, thanks for the response.

how can we see (beside XRay) the main reason we can tell whether this dog is HD or not? and if in this case she was HD, then do you think it is safe to have her pregnant?

is there any categorized for HD?

sorry if I am asking too many question. "

Bunny hopping is a sign of hip dysplasia. You can start giving her glucosamine/chondroitin and MSN, also Ester-C, and Salmon oil. Don't know if these things are available where you live? If you have a health food store, you should be able to buy them in a bigger town or city.

Please do NOT even think of breeding this dog. She should be spayed and never allowed to have puppies...or all of the puppies could have the bad hips too. It would be cruel to breed this dog and have puppies that would be crippled by bad hips also.

Do a search here....HD is discussed all of the time. Click on the top blue bar where it says "Search".

Gina

[rottcrazed]

You cannot diagnose HD without an xray, there is NO other way to do so.

Kristi

[Sharon Marples]

It's plain and simple:

1) If she is limping or bunny-hopping, she is in pain. That is not normal for a dog and if you see it, it means that something is bothering her leg or hip.

2) You can only diagnose HD with an x-ray. You need to get that done and if you have to (because your vets don't agree on what they see), send them all the way to the USA for an opinion of them from the OFA foundation. That way you can get an appropriate diagnosis.

3) Please do not ever think of breeding her. How can you think of asking her to support even more weight as she grows puppies when she evidentally has something wrong with her rear leg or hip? That would be totally unfair to her.

4) Do her sire and dam have any health certifications? I'm not sure where you got her or if you do health testing in your country, but if they do not and if she does not have her hips, heart and eyes tested with passing results, she should not be bred. More than likely you purchased her from someone who did no health testing on their dogs and that is where your problem lies.

Get a proper diagnosis on her. If she has HD, forget trying to make money off of her by breeding her. Get her spayed and keep her on supplements to help keep her comfortable. You owe her that much.

[FaisalY]

@brunie's mom, @rottcrazed, and @Sharon Marples; thanks for the input.

@brunie's mom,
I gave her Chondrotin and glucosamine as well. Including injection of vitamin C (1000 mg). she gave me a 'cure' sign. but still do bunny hop. you should see her when wake from sleep. she is very quickly to wake and never see sign of hurt. but she just don't want to use her rear right leg.

@rottcrazed,
I did an Xray couple months ago, just lost it. but I will re-do it.
anyway, it shows an movement of femur from acetabulum. but there is no friction sign in both. the dog is not having any health certification from breeder. they suggest to put the dog to sleep. I have ask 3 doctors up to this morning, only one agree to tell this dog has HD, the other is not. mean while we do Tonosphopan injection.

@Sharon Marples,
I am not doing for money. I have breed friends Rottie, my dogs see their babies and allow the children to suck her nipple (looks like she wants to have a baby). it is torn me inside to see this. beside this rottie just save family from flood in Jakarta couple months ago. If I have a magic stick I want to cure her with just a tingle.

btw, any input about tonosphopan injection? vets don't explain this to me.


thanks,

FY

[brunie's mom]

The dog must be positioned properly for a good hip x-ray.
Sounds like this has not been done. From what you are explaining, it does sound like HD. HD dogs are slow getting up from a laying down position, as well as slow at doing a sit...because it hurts. The bunny hopping is also another sign of HD. I would just assume she does have HD, and go from there.

As far as her wanting babies....dogs are not humans....and she does not need to be bred. HD is genetic, so you would be passing on this cruel painful disease onto any pups that she had.

Rottweilers are very stoic, just because she is not yelping in pain does not mean she is not in pain. Her getting up slowly...means she is in pain.

Gina

[FaisalY]

@brunie's mom, thanks for the reply.

I don't think my Rottie having a HD, now. She wake very fast and sit also in fast. The bunny hop I suspect, is a sign of Reumatic. the back hip (between femur and acetabulum) is loose. now we give her a Vitamin C injection (1000 mg), Neurobion 5000 (twice a week) injection - I feed the highest cyanocobalamine for her nerver and muscle, and Tonocomp (contain Tonophospan). Besides, we gave her Fish Oil (Omega 3,6,9) twice a day.

After 3 days I see an improvement. She is started to use her rear right leg, now. And she can even run, but still show a weak rear right leg.

Any comment is welcome.


FY