So, a little back ground. Sorry it's a little long. I have a female ChiaPit (chihuahua/pitbull) who is the best dog ever in my book. She's about 23#s, is ~13 and a rescue so her exact age and "life before" are unknown. We got her from a high volume kill shelter so who knows what her previous life was like before she became our prefect angle, Grace.
Anyway, Gracie's been having some lameness in her right hind leg for around two months or so. She was fine one day, started a very, very slight limp early in the afternoon, took note of it because it was odd, and thinking she might have just miss stepped, thought to keep an eye on it and call the vet if it got worse. Then ~45 mins later she was non weight bearing. I called our vet and took her in, had x-rays. Her xrays looked clean and the exam did not reveal a torn ACL, although our vet thought it could possibly be that but it didn't act like it when he did his exam. He gave us pain meds (carprofen and later Previcox) as well as an antibiotic regime to be on the cautious side in case she had some kind of infection or picked up Lepto which she'd vaccinated for.
The response to the drugs was mixed. Nothing improved with the ABs and the carprofen yielded a little positive result, the Previcox a better one but still no resolution of her limp. Did a complete blood panel that came back clean and excellent.
So, she is still limping, but comfortable. I got her a long ramp and this helps prevent her from jumping up on things to get to the bed and she actually seems a little better since jumping and steps have been almost eliminated. She still had a "high" step (~9 in) to take to go outside as well as two small ones, but she navigates them carefully and well.
My DH hubby wants to try CBD oil. I've read up on it a little but have not talked to our vet yet about it because I wanted to get more info and opinions. I'm on the fence because I'm leaning toward it being more of a "fad" instead of a "proven" (for lack of a better word) treatment.
Does anyone have thoughts or experience, positive or negative, with using CBD oil? Thanks in advance.
Anyway, Gracie's been having some lameness in her right hind leg for around two months or so. She was fine one day, started a very, very slight limp early in the afternoon, took note of it because it was odd, and thinking she might have just miss stepped, thought to keep an eye on it and call the vet if it got worse. Then ~45 mins later she was non weight bearing. I called our vet and took her in, had x-rays. Her xrays looked clean and the exam did not reveal a torn ACL, although our vet thought it could possibly be that but it didn't act like it when he did his exam. He gave us pain meds (carprofen and later Previcox) as well as an antibiotic regime to be on the cautious side in case she had some kind of infection or picked up Lepto which she'd vaccinated for.
The response to the drugs was mixed. Nothing improved with the ABs and the carprofen yielded a little positive result, the Previcox a better one but still no resolution of her limp. Did a complete blood panel that came back clean and excellent.
So, she is still limping, but comfortable. I got her a long ramp and this helps prevent her from jumping up on things to get to the bed and she actually seems a little better since jumping and steps have been almost eliminated. She still had a "high" step (~9 in) to take to go outside as well as two small ones, but she navigates them carefully and well.
My DH hubby wants to try CBD oil. I've read up on it a little but have not talked to our vet yet about it because I wanted to get more info and opinions. I'm on the fence because I'm leaning toward it being more of a "fad" instead of a "proven" (for lack of a better word) treatment.
Does anyone have thoughts or experience, positive or negative, with using CBD oil? Thanks in advance.
) world of health, so take it from whence it comes. Not saying yea or nay, myself. Reducing the steps via ramps is a good thing. Might want to even consider "ramping" that existing 9" step since height is relative to dog size. Good on you for taking such good care of your pup!
