trishalouise

She's home

A bit sore and not really sure how to move. Lying down is a challenge but she's peaceful once she gets there. Has had some dinner, drinking well and weeing lots!!

Thanks for all you good thoughts :)

Noodle had her surgery today. It all went well and she is resting peacefully thanks to an infusion of good pain relief!! Hopefully she will be able to come home tomorrow.

The estimate was $1700-$1800 - so I didn't faint!!

Thanks for all the good wishes and help. :)

Oh she's beautiful. We used to have a Shar Pei - gorgeous babies!!

Thanks for all that info and photo - I'll watch the video when I get on my laptop later.

Thanks again

Thanks Clyde,

She is very trim, has been on supplements for about 2 years and the X-ray is undeniable unfortunately

Great news for your boy though :)

I've got a rescue Italian Greyhound here at the moment who has had this operation. He's owned by a DOLer and came to her with his ball joint already removed so she's not sure of his history, but I suspect he had Legg Perthes disease as it's known in IG's. Anyway, he carries his leg alot, but he also uses it quite a bit. I think it hurts him sometimes, but I'm guessing it was much worse before he had the joint removed. Overall he leads a happy life and doesn't require medication for it.

Thanks Kirislin. Our regular vet thinks it looks like Legg Perthes - although she is older than we word expect for it to be that. Who knows?!

My wolfie x BC x nutcase ( 30kgs) had this a couple of years ago - the cost was just under $2000. She had some hydrotherapy sessions after and on our vets advice we took her swimming as much as we could -there is a nice dam at Frank Smith Park Coromandel Valley. I found the best pain relief for her was massaging the top of her hips with the palm of my hand.

She recovered well and now walks without a limp, looks running and chasing a ball.

It amazes me that they can walk, run and play normally without a hip joint! The body is pretty amazing!!

ETA - I'll check out that thread now. Thanks so much :)

Thanks Coogie!

Wow - 2 years on and your still going? That seems like a long recovery.

What were the initial post op things you had to do? Was she confined for a while? Did you have to restrict activity to start with? What was her pain like - was she very sore?

Obviously you would do it again if your talking about the other leg being done?

Wow $4000 seems a lot. I was hoping it would be around the $2000 mark

Thanks Persephone! I hope it has as good results as I have heard about!!

Thanks! Could be an interesting time!

He works out of the Adelaide Animal Emergency and Referral Centre on Anzac Highway.

I could do that.

Ta :)

Never heard of him sorry - does he work at a regular vet practice? I am sure you could ring the practice and request a ball park cost before showing up to the appointment. I recently did a ring around for a cruciate repair surgery.

Hi all,

I'm just after some experiences of dogs having a femoral head excision please. We have a nearly 6 year old mini poodle who will probably be having this surgery next week. We've had X-rays done and have been referred to a surgeon who we see on Monday.

My understanding is that it is reasonably successful for reducing pain in small dogs but haven't had any experience ourselves.

Also wondering what a ballpark cost may be - so I don't pass out at the appointment on Monday!!

We are in Adelaide and are seeing Richard Savery - anybody know of him?

Thanks :)

Oh I wish I had seen this thread yesterday

I have a Poodle who would have loved this. I also have Greyhound - retired racer who is 9 1/2 - wonder if he would have been up for a run??!!!

Please let us know details of the next run- we would love to come along. How many runs did everyone do?

Trish

Hmmm - not sure I know how to do that!!! Will try

Yep yep and yep!

We have a Mini Poodle who is now 3 1/2 years old. When I told people we were getting her we got a few interesting looks! As with you it gave me extra incentive to train and socialise her well.

3 1/2 years later we have a beautiful, social, friendly dog - a great advertisment for how good Poodles can be! They have so much potential and it is only a failure on the owners part if the do become one of "those" Poodles.

Enjoy your puppy - Poodles are FANTASTIC!!!!

Salisbury Highway Vet are good :D

that there's no such thing as a bad anaesthetic, only a bad anaesthetist. They agreed that the best anaesthetic is the one that the anaesthetist is most familiar with. Obviously there are times when a different drug may be preferred, but I'm speaking for routine surgery in healthy animals.

The best anaesthetic is actually one that is given by someone who is knowledgeable with the latest drugs and techniques. Anaesthesia is becoming safer and more minimalist every day in humans.

IF you own a sighthound don't let a vet get anywhere near your dog with any kind of barbituate.

Absolutely! Our Greyhound had an extreme reaction to Thio including seizures. Propofol all the way now for him. The vets I have since taken him to for anaesthetics have said the they haven't used Thio in 15 years.

I think we usually pay about $70 extra for fluids.

Try Nutts About Mutts or Advance Behavioural Training.

Norwood is great.

Stephens Terrace is also great.

Another option is Nutts About Mutts Julie is a fantastic trainer

Wow Dxenion - that looks like a great idea!! Might steal it to make a day run for our chickens!! Thanks

Incontinence is one of the issues which has been raised with early age spayed bitches.

Amanda, from your post it sounds like there is a research project afoot - am I understanding this correctly? Also, what age is considered "early"?

There's already research on it - I haven't time to dig it out right now sorry, but I think some links to the research have been posted on the forum before. At least one study shows that the earlier a bitch is spayed, then the more likely she is to develop incontinence.

But no matter when they're spayed, spayed bitches have a much higher risk of incontinence than entire bitches do. It's due to the lack of estrogen after spaying which causes downregulation of adrenergic hormone receptors on her urethral sphincter, making the sphincter less responsive to the hormones that cause it to clamp shut.

Research also suggests that larger sized bitches are also more likely to develop it than smaller bitches.

Hmmm interesting all mine were large breed. Maybe the Whippet will be small enough not to be as much of a problem?

My Mini Poodle has it Spayed at 9 months - she is now 3 and it has come on in the last 6 weeks. We started her on Propalin which worked for a couple of weeks but the wet beds have returned. Back to the vet today and we are now trying Imipramine (Tofranil).

Would it be wrong to go to a small dog day and keep your bigger dog on lead?

I do know a couple of small dogs that like to play with Frosty as long as she's on lead, and as soon as I let her off, it's like "who me? play? nah" - how rude. So I let her off and it's all back to walking and sniffing.

No that would be fine - it is more about play style than size. I would take my Greyhound to small dog day!

Hi all!

Thanks for taking my comments positively.

Jo - thanks for the vote of confidence But whilst I am happy to provide any input to people who specifically ask for it I too fear that some people would not ask for it!!! It is also very hard to watch a large group of dogs as there are so many little sub groups happening at once.

There are always going to be dogs with different play styles and if you look at any of the good doggy daycare facilities they will separate dogs into different groups or run them on different days. For example, Holdfast have small / gently dog day, big / rough dog day etc.

People just really need to be vigilent and act immediately when their dog is getting over the top. There was a lot of yelling at dogs - this just adds to the anxiety and hyped up environment.

Noodle would come fit best in small / quiet dog day - whilst she is energetic and likes to run, she doesn't really engage in rough and tumble play with another dog. She likes to do her own thing or play chasey (without being slammed when caught!!!).

This was my first meet with my 2 and it wasn't very enjoyable for us.

Whilst the few people I met were lovely, there were a lot of hyped up dogs there. My Greyhound was fine - has to stay on leash anyway and as he is big nobody really bothered him.

My problem was regarding my Poodle. Every time I let her off lead she ran - she likes to do the zoomies!! Unfortunately, the dynamics of the group meant that a small, fast moving dog was a great thing to chase :D She recalls beautifully so I was able to get her back to me but there were a couple of dogs who targetted her and even when she was back with me on lead were painful. I tried a couple of times but every time she ran it was the same thing.

I was hopeful that this kind of meet would be great but to be honest there were enough people there not paying attention to what was going on and certainly not controlling their dogs.

I hope that you can sort this out and those whose dogs enjoy this kind of environment continue to do so - but please be mindful of dogs who are less full on, less resiliant or have a different play style. Perhaps having the full on dogs on lead for a time so that the others also get a go?

Great thanks!!

Dogs are Roger (Greyhound) & Noodle (Poodle). Does anyone take children?

Trish :D