Thank you for clarifying that for me Lisa 🙂
Senior Basenji's
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Thanks for the info. I have her e-mail off the forum, so will be in touch with her.
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Our Ginger had a dental and extraction when she was over 17, the first night was stressful, trying to get her to drink, but by the next day she was OK and lived another year and a half.
As for stiff back, Topper has some fused discs and bone spurs, he was constantly ripping the fur out of his tail and hind end, I decided it must be tingling from nerve issues. I give him half a Rimadyl (12 mg) every morning and he is fine. If I stop, within a few days he is ripping that tail apart. Just had blood work and his liver values are perfect. that sub-theraputic dose is just the ticket for him. If is shortened his life, it would still be worth it for quality of life he has. His renal values are now in the high range, but he is almost 15. Again, I debate changing his food, etc, when we have a great routine now for pills and he loves his kibble, though stays on the thin side. Quality vs. quantity, hmmmmm.
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hey, thanks for that post Anne. Jet the trying likes to chew up his tail too. Am trying to think when that started. He's mostly stopped now, but hubby said it looked like he needed to go back to the chiro vet. Which was a good call on hubby's part; i was out of town. and when i got back i did some massage. that often helps, but isn't the same as a vet visit and i did see jet chewing his tail yesterday. we have a vet visit scheduled for Thursday, so I'll as dr jim and see what he thinks about the tail thing. interesting stuff!
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Got to agree with Tanza about the Chiro.
They are fantastic for rebalancing the dogs, and making them feel more comfortable. Have always taken my older dobes to one, in fact my girl goes next week.
Hope you get your boy sorted, I'm sure you will, and by the way welcome to the forum
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My 12-year-old, Ziggy, just had a physical. I mentioned to the vet that sometimes his back leg quivers - I've seen it happen on a somewhat regular basis over the last few months. She thought it might be arthritis. Any B owners who have dealt with arthritis in their dogs? What are the treatment(s)?
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My 12-year-old, Ziggy, just had a physical. I mentioned to the vet that sometimes his back leg quivers - I've seen it happen on a somewhat regular basis over the last few months. She thought it might be arthritis. Any B owners who have dealt with arthritis in their dogs? What are the treatment(s)?
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I had excellent results with glucosamine & chondroitin with my old Ginger, within 2 weeks she was running and jumping again and remained that way for a couple of years. Her symptoms were whimpering when jumping off the couch and general stiffness when walking.
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Spencer was on Arthrosamine, which seemed to help. I switched to Cosequin DS, which hasn't worked as well. I'm switching back to Arthrosamine. I'll have to order it online, since my vet stopped carrying it. He still runs and plays– just takes the stairs slower and one at a time.
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I started joint supps on my boyz around 6 or 7. I felt with the agility they were doing it would be a good preventative. Today Diggie is pushing 15 and Jet is approaching 14, neither have any joint issues. Digital will happily fence run with the neighbor dogs even when it is over 90 degrees outside. I have to tackle him to prevent him as I'm afraid he'll overheat.
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It could be a neurological problem. I have noticed it on my elderly Bs especially when they are just standing still.
Jennifer
