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.

I have a 10-year-old collie and she has developed arthritis in her back and legs, specifically the front, right leg. Someone told me to give glucosamine tablets, like from the grocery store to help her joints but I’m wondering if this is safe. I can’t afford any trips to the vet and her condition isn’t that serious but I can tell it’s really uncomfortable. I’m just wondering if there is something I can do for her. She’s definitely aging but otherwise she’s very energetic and seems to be happy.
um…about the salmon oil I’ve always been told salmon in poisonous to dogs, much like chocolate.

my dog seems to have problems with her legs and paws at night she licks her her paws and when she gets up she looks stiff so i wanted to know if there is somthing good for joint pain i know about GLUCOSAMINE HCL very hard to find is there a alternative and if there is no alternative should I use tablets or liquid? or something more common to natural

Hi, My 9 month old british bulldog has been on anti-inflammatories for her bad legs. She limps every so often. She has been resting recently as advised by the vet. I have been mixing cod liver oil in her meals and have just bought her some glucosamine sulphate tablets and some tinned fish for her dinners which is full of omega 3. Any other ideas will be much appreciated. Thanks