My dog Sheila is a 9 and a 1/2 year old German Shepard. Two weeks ago she was fine with no symptoms, since then she has many symptoms and I am very worried about her. Since then she has been getting up and having a hard time which may be arthrithis. I bought her a multi-vitamin and a joint compound with MSM w/ Glucosamine. SInce these two weeks have began it seems that everyday new symptoms are popping up. She started to breath very hard and is panting like she is out of breath. Right now she has not been eating or drinking for a few days and she is also vomiting. Can anyone please help me with any answers.

Therapeutic ultrasound or neuromuscular electrical stimulation for dog with arthritis?

My dog has arthritis and her vet said that she should get the ultrasound and NES.
I am reading very mixed reviews and cant see where people have had success with it.

She is taking Tramadol every two days one 50mg tablet. and fish oil 4000mg, glucosamine, and sometimes a steroid (medrol 2.5 mg)
The vet gave her glucosamine shots (1 week every day, then every 7 days and then 2 weeks and so forth)
In addition he has given her a shot for pain (cant remember the name) which works, (she can then walk and does not have weak hind legs)

I also give her baths in warm water to relax her muscles, heating pad (the ones you put in the microwave and is moist)

She eats very well.

Please NO rude comments or rude opinions.

My dog is a 4 year old puppy mill rescue. She has a lot of bone deformities and issues with her joints and muscles. She takes half a vitamin for joints every day (Glucosamine) and the vet put her on Rimadyl recently because she was having pain in one of her legs. The leg has bone deformations and she puts a lot of pressure on her wrist joint, especially when she squats to pee… she twists her leg almost 180 degrees to get a good squat.

I give her the joint vitamins, and I wrap her leg in my electric blanket to put some heat on it for about 10 minutes… and she gets deep tissue massages, but she did something to it, and it’s not very sensitive so she doesn’t want me to touch it.

I gave her Rimadyl 2x now and both times she got very lethargic. I took her off it today and she was back to her normal self, but you could tell her leg was still bothering her.

I wanted to see if I could safely give her just half a dose of Rimadyl instead of a full tablet, and thats when I read all the severe side effects. So now I don’t know if I want to give it to her at all… and just wait till after Christmas and ask the vet to recommend something else…

thoughts?
Both the vitamin and the rimadyl was recommended by the vet.
My dog has a great quality of life. She’s very playful, she’s very lively normally, and this is the first time she’s been in pain like this, and it was most likely caused by straining her leg too much or tripping on her way up the stairs because. Her bone issues make it harder on her, but her quality of life is still great because 90% of the time she’s not in much if any pain.