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Health: Labs with Leg/ACL Problems

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    Hello fellow Lab Lovers. Just curious if anyone else has any problems with their labs having bad hips/legs/cruciates and what they are doing about it as far as treatments? My little girl, who is 3 years old and 130 lbs of muscle, has already had 3 surgeries to repair her knees (ACL repair) and also had to have a femoral head ostectomy at 9 months of age and I can see that her legs still give her pain. I wanted to just see if anyone had any advice or tips on some good home remedies to maybe ease the pain on my "little" girl. We give her the chondrotin & glucosamin but I dont really see it as helping her. Any suggestions? I feel so bad because she just wants to play all the time but I make her take it easy on her legs because I know that she will be hurting later if she doesn't. Thank you for your help. Abby appreciates it as well!
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    Fortunately, we dont have that problem with Miranda or Shadow, but our yellow Lab, Ghost, did. He lived to be 14, but spent the last 6 years on meds for his joint and hip issues. Your Abby is a big girl compared to either of my Labs. Both of mine are petite, yet Miranda is heavy for her frame. Samson was big like your Abby and Ghost was about 95 pounds at his heaviest. I was seeking a petite Lab when I was hunting for a replacement partner for Ghost, which is why I picked Miranda. Lifting her in the boat while working was easier with her being smaller. When lifting Ghost it took two of us to get him back in the boat. I said at that time I wanted a smaller Lab, if they existed!
    I will ask my husband when he gets in what seemed to help him most with Ghost. I will whisper a message to you when I find out something. I feel for you and for Abby. When she wants to play, I know you want to make her happy. Give her a pat for me and tell her other Lab lovers are going to try to figure out something. :hugging:
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    Awwww poor Abby! I wanna wish you luck with finding something that eases her pain. What she is going through is my biggest fear with Blaze.
    • CommentAuthorRahmanMom
    • CommentTimeSep 6th 2008
     
    My 7 year old chocolate lab just injured his R hind CCL. He already has undergone CCL surgery for the other hind leg. Is there any other remedy for this injury other than surgery? He is still quite young and I anticipate him having even more problems down the road. Repetitive surgeries would not be my choice from here on out. The surgery was difficult and long for rehab the first time. Now we are undergoing it again which I figured would happen to the other leg due to compensation for the first injured leg. I just hate accepting I will have to put him through this over and over. It is not a matter of the cost, which is quite costly. It is more a matter of I would prefer a less invasive and painful process to help it heal. I am not sure if there even is one? Please help my hairy boy. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)
 

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