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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 252652" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I agree with Lisa. At eight year old, and especially in a large breed dog, she's probably going to get some degree of arthritis. And eight is fairly old for a large dog. But there's all kinds of ways they can treat arthritis, lots of different supplements you can give them to help their joints, just like people. In all honesty, I would not put an eight year old dog through that kind of surgery - she will probably get arthritis anyway. And if you did decided to have it done, I would not rely on the regular vet. I would try to find an orthopedic specialist at a teaching hospital at a university with a vet school.</p><p> </p><p>Loosing some of the excess weight will help her a lot. The weight control formula food is good and a lot of the "senior" formulas have the supplements in them for their joints.. One thing you could try to help it along is to replace a third or a fourth of her regular food with green beans. They fill them up, they get a lot of good nutrients out of them, and almost no calories. Dogs are very good at "making do". If one leg hurts, they learn to use the other three to get by till it heals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 252652, member: 1883"] I agree with Lisa. At eight year old, and especially in a large breed dog, she's probably going to get some degree of arthritis. And eight is fairly old for a large dog. But there's all kinds of ways they can treat arthritis, lots of different supplements you can give them to help their joints, just like people. In all honesty, I would not put an eight year old dog through that kind of surgery - she will probably get arthritis anyway. And if you did decided to have it done, I would not rely on the regular vet. I would try to find an orthopedic specialist at a teaching hospital at a university with a vet school. Loosing some of the excess weight will help her a lot. The weight control formula food is good and a lot of the "senior" formulas have the supplements in them for their joints.. One thing you could try to help it along is to replace a third or a fourth of her regular food with green beans. They fill them up, they get a lot of good nutrients out of them, and almost no calories. Dogs are very good at "making do". If one leg hurts, they learn to use the other three to get by till it heals. [/QUOTE]
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