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Evelyn Evelyn is offline
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Default For one who shall remain nameless.....

On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:29:39 -0700, Tiger Lily > wrote:

>On 1/6/2012 12:54 PM, Evelyn wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:19:30 -0700, Tiger > wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/5/2012 5:11 PM, Evelyn wrote:
>>>> I just came from the vet. My gorgeous male German Shepherd, only 5
>>>> yrs old, is nearly crippled due to bad hips and elbows. It was
>>>> recommended that I go and see an animal orthopedic specialist an hour
>>>> away from here.
>>>>
>>>> The dog is a wonderful pet, superb temperament, obedient, well
>>>> behaved, trustworthy with people, cats and kids of all ages, not to
>>>> mention that he is absolutely one of the most gorgeous black and red
>>>> shepherds I have ever seen or lived with. He's truly magnificent.
>>>>
>>>> This promises to be a real problem.
>>>>
>>>> They sent us home with anti inflammatories and pain killers. Not a
>>>> good scenario.......
>>>>
>>>> Evelyn
>>>
>>> oh, Evelyn, this is a heart breaker
>>>
>>> i do hope your GSD has quality of life and relief from pain
>>>
>>> ***hugs***
>>> kate

>>
>>
>> Thanks so much. He's doing a lot better on the anti inflammatories
>> and pain pills, but I don't kid myself that this is any thing but a
>> respite. His hips are a mess. :-(
>>
>> Evelyn

>
>Evelyn, i know folks who have paid $3K/hip to fix this for their dogs.
>The dogs ended up on more pain killers and perhaps a couple of years
>of..... living?
>It's sad and it's hard to deal with. Dogs give us unconditional LOVE!
>
>***hugs***
>kate



We won't put him through medical hell, and we really can't afford to
on our side either. I had a dog with displaysia before and he lived
to be ten yrs old before he got bad enough to be put down. It broke
my heart and I still cry if I think of him. I don't want to think
about where this will go because it is too painful to contemplate. I
am going to take this one day at a time. For the moment, we are
seeing improvement. That is good.

Evelyn