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 | I am new to the forum in hopes that I might be able to find a solution to this medical mystery, so please... HELP!!! I have a male mastino that is 5 1/2 months old and he is limping on his rear right leg.... The problem surfaced about 2 1/2 months ago... I am stationed in Naples Italy in the Campagna area where mastino's are well known so i figured that the local vets would be able to care the best for my dogs.. Well 2 1/2 months ago he started limping.. I don't know why i have another mastino that is only one month older then he and SHE is a little hyper so I thought they were just playin and might have injured him so I took my injured male into the clinic and the vet said it was probably just a strained ligament so i kept him off it and had him take it easy and gave normal care and didn't seem to be a real problem.. he walked on it.. but just didn't really put any weight on it... He is an extremely LAZY dog and so i have to make him do his exercise and stuff but he developed a cough which was treated with antibotics. His cough comes and goes with the weather which may indicate low immune system so we have been giving vitimin c and b and he does pretty good with it.. becomes more alert and energetic.. HOWEVER still favors that rear right leg... so i said ok.. enough is enough.. took him into be seen by an orthopedic surgeon.... says the of the ligaments is broken wants to do surgery....... Well a month previous i had his hips xrayed to see if he has displasyia and it was negative.... so we thought must be the knee.. so this doctor wants to do surgery saying its the ligament.. FUNNY.. he didn't check the other leg to compare nor was it during sedation... so i made some calls and checked around... and i found the NUMBER ONE orthopedic guy in ROME.. Dr. Tomasimi.. not sure bout the spelling.. anyway.. took my dog to him.. he checked everything sedated him.. and made PHENOMINAL x rays... and the result was what i didn't expect.... NOTHING the dog is structurally and mechanically perfect.. NO displaysia, hips knees everything EXCELLENT!!! I was afraid of the favoring and the knee problems that it would deteriorate his hips and knees so i have been keeping him on a strict diet and keeping him skinny, but still he is weighing in at 45 kilo = 100 lbs.. at 5 1/2 months!!! Other owners say .. ah.. its growing pains he'll be ok.. but i'm not sure... now there was MINOR swelling to the knee.. mild inflamation and we pulled a little synovial fluid out of the knee.. little bloody but its currently at the lab... but blood work is good white blood cells a little high but not bad... but still..... WHAT is wrong?.. why is he limping on a perfectly good knee? Sometimes he has a cough and now he has a little one which i think that the white blood cells are a little elevated.. but still ...we did have him on anti inflamitory and he was walking normal... so now the question is.. what is the problem?... Muscle tone is great in the front... color skin everything is perfect.. just.. he doesn't want to use the rear right leg... any ideas?.. willing to look at all possibilities and ideas...... thanks | |||
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| Karen |
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 | probably a silly question but did your vet also xray his back? Back problems, skeletal and muscular often contribute to limps... Edit: Try running your thumb firmly but lightly down his back but not on the spine, if there is muscular pain he will flinch... [ Edited Sat Nov 10 2007, 10:01AM ] Karen 'Worry is like a rocking chair, keeps you going but gets you nowhere!' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homeward Bound Pet Passport Kennels home of Treloarneo Mastini (France) Visit my web site: Click This Link Homeward Bound Pet Passport Sevice: Click This Link | |||
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| LuzMyMastin |
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| | Yes I they xrayed about 1/2 way up his back... but like i said this is the best orthopedics around in rome..and he checked EVERYTHING... he said... mechanically he is more then perfect... | |||
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| drgonzo138 |
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| Guest Gold 0  Spent: 0 | It could just be pano some times my 9 month old limps and it does scare the shit out of me when she does I have put her on vitamin C and also regulate her movement and that seems to work very well also off topic you at the Airbase right? I been there back in 03 your very lucky to get stationed up that way good luck. | |||
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| LuzMyMastin |
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| | nah.. i'm down south in naples... you know the cleanest city in the world.. LOL.. | |||
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| drgonzo138 |
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| Guest Gold 0 Spent: 0 | Yup it is. that place is just so clean! | |||
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| Agrippina |
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 | Do you have him on Vit C? _________________________ Nikki Agrippina Mastino | |||
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| LuzMyMastin |
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| | yes..l he's on vitimin c, b and soon starting omega 3 | |||
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| Agrippina |
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| | How much Vit C and what food is he eating? What is the protein amount? _________________________ Nikki Agrippina Mastino | |||
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