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My shelties were eating merick bg salmon up until they stoppped making it. No other food seems to work for them. Ive tried other foods from Merrick they got diah even after a slowgradual switch. Their breeder feeds diamond bc its what works for her dogs but with the recalls I wont feed any...

Thank you all so much. I still can't beleive she is gone. The house feels so empty without her like a peice of our family is missing. My husband and I don't have children our dogs are like our kids. We have two other shelties a lab and a poodle. I miss her sooo much. She was my first sheltie...

Today my beloved Kira got her wings and joined her friends at Rainbow Bridge. I've been blessed to have her in my life for as long as I did. I got her at 2 from a breeder who was looking to place her. One look at her and I knew she was coming home with me. She was loved and spoiled and queen bee...

So basically the vet confirmed what I had a fear of. Its not just her patella but on that leg she has alot of muscle wasting and arthritis. He said my only option at this point is to try pain meds and antiinflamaorty and keep her comfortable and I could try the cart but eventually her legs arnt...

Thanks everyone:) I will keep you posted. I'm going to see what the vet thinks her options are. Maybe she does just need some pain meds and a different anti inflamatory. Fingers crossed.

She will be 13 next month. There is nobody around here that does hydrotherapy I've looked into it. I've done lazer therapy with her and acupuncter. I was reading that if they had a 3 or 4 patella that she could end up doing cruciate damage. I'm wondering if that could be why shes all of a sudden...

I'm having a difficult time. My sheltie was diagnosed with a luxcating patella in the winter vet said only option to fix it was surgery. I called and spoke with the orthopedic vet she said that given her age her kidney values being elavated and her loss of muscle mass it would 1 be risky putting...

Ive used trifexis and they been doing well

luxating patella. Her patella pops in and out. I have a toy poodle that has it but they will pop and stay in occassionally they will pop out. Hers never stays in. I can pop it in and if she takes a step it pops out again. A friend of mine said that I could prob try acupuncter. If she was a...

This is just heartbreaking. Wish there was something I could do to help. I will continue praying for her.

My heart goes out to her. I cant even imagine what she is going through. Will be praying she will find the missing ones.

it was her patella guess ill be trying to come up with some money for an ortho consult and **** surgery:(

Thanks! Yes very stressful but hes ok broke his femur in two spots. Im going to try the doxy i actually just mentioned that to the vet and he said it couldnt hurt. Ill keep you posted on what the xray shows if anything.

I thought of that but unfortuantly I really dont have the funds right now. My husband was in a bad accident and is not working at the moment. Ill look into what they would charge and see if I can maybe talk to them and work maybe payments out. I know some techs that work at the specialty place...

Kira (12) Has been limping on her back left leg. Sometimes she won't put much weight on it. I've had her to the vet he checked her knee said it wasn't patella or cruciate she wasn't painful. He thinks its just atheritis. We did laser on her which helped but now the limping is getting worse...