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| Catlyn wrote: | | Sorry Lizi can I be nosey and ask what you do for a living as I gather from this you are treating this poor puppy? It's just that I'm starting a Canine Myotherapists course this year and wondered if you worked in a similar role - sorry just being nosey !!! x |
Catlyn, I'm not treating the pup, but saw him as a study case for the Canine (Merishia) Massage course I'm doing (I did give him some Reiki while I was there though).
What I wanted to achieve was getting him into a relaxed enough state for him to clearly indicate to me that he felt pain. Dogs are pretty good at hiding pain generally, and after pulling his legs around the vet didn't think that he was in pain, but in an adrenalised state in a veterinary consulting room, I'm not all the surprised that there was no clear indication of pain. There were other things that I observed too, for example, the pup would only lay down on one side, and if he rolled over all the way which he only did a couple of times, he would roll back again before standing up - I'm guessing to avoid levering the joint with the bigger overgrowth against the floor. So there were other signs of pain, not just the lip curling when the overgrowths were touched. As well as his body habits, his gait and movement were odd, but no surprise considering how deformed his joints are.
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| _Jules_ wrote: | | I always think I was really lucky with my Lurcher, as it was quite common practise in the 80's to give pups Calcium Supplements |
Jules, I think it was common practise then because in the years before this, vets were regularly seeing the effects of pet dogs being fed a home prepared diet that due to high meat/no-low bone content, was high in phosphorous and low in calcium, which gives rise to calcium deficiency and rickets. It's one of the primary reasons why commercially prepared, complete pet foods came about.
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