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Dog Arthritis
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Anyone know of any ideas on treatment my yorkie has a painful right leg when he jumps or moves suddenly walks okay rest of the time.
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For arthritis we gave my dog glucosamine in the form of a food supplement which REALLY helped. He started of with one joint pain, but as he got older became stiffer until we started medication.
He also took some prescribed painkillers from the vet (not metacam which made him hyperactive...), but if your dog is not constantly stiff, there may be little point.
Do start a mobility food supplement early - we wish we'd discovered it years before. Incidently.... we moved him to Omega pet food for older dogs - it contains natural supplements and it really worked. Again we were slow to change his food as he had always had meat in the past, but he loved it!
Hope your yorkie gets better!
He also took some prescribed painkillers from the vet (not metacam which made him hyperactive...), but if your dog is not constantly stiff, there may be little point.
Do start a mobility food supplement early - we wish we'd discovered it years before. Incidently.... we moved him to Omega pet food for older dogs - it contains natural supplements and it really worked. Again we were slow to change his food as he had always had meat in the past, but he loved it!
Hope your yorkie gets better!