We are 4 weeks post op. The right tpo'd hip is 20% healed, everything still in place. That's the great part. The downside is that Mac needs to stay in his...
stacey -- as the other hip is not a candidate for TPO, there is no hurry for a THR, which can be done at any time. please wait a good long time before deciding...
Hi everyone, my name is Vivien Straume. I joined this group because three years ago, I adopted a Saint Bernard by the name of Elwood from the Saint Bernard...
Oh my goodness. Your story moved me completely. What are the chances of him being on this group? And to have photos!! I know there are many members but...
I am new to this group and found it from reading some posts of the orthodog group. I have a 8 1/2 month old german shepherd puppy Juli who started bunny...
Hi Glenn- We didn't do both at the same time (it wasn't offered)?but did bi-lateral TPO's on our 8 month old shepherd, Annie a couple of years ago in...
Weird...my post came out over Yahoo with tons of question marks...I didn't type those so please ignore them. It must be a Yahoo internet thing... Debbie &...
Hi Glenn. My doc Mac is 7 weeks post TPO on one side. He was 10 1/2 months old at the surgery - he just celebrated his 1st birthday - in his crate! His other...
Hi Stacey, Its good to hear the Mac is doing well after his TPO. My vet was going to do DPO on both hips at same time which is not as hard a recovery as TPO...
Hi Glenn, Funny enough, your surgeon is the same orthopedic surgeon we saw when we considered TPO for Magellan (labrador puppy). I knew confinement would be ...
Our 10mon. male Bernese - Porter - had a TPO on the right hip Oct. 22. I'm thinking so far, so good. Tramadol, rimadyl and benadryl seem to have the pain,...
Glenn, Many HD dogs never actually get so bad that they require surgery. The keys often seem to be to keep them very thin so there's less weight on the hips...
Mary, Did the surgeon not instruct you to crate him for 8 weeks until the bone heals? My opinion is he should not be so active yet that the gait should be...
Sally, Juli's HD was not so bad that it required surgery at this time. Dr. Brown gave us several options including no surgery. The reason I was going to do...
Some people have their HD dogs involved with agility or rally-O. HD is a "treat the dog and not the x-rays" condition. No surgery comes with a guarantee, so...
Sally, Porter is confined 24/7. There are 5 to 6 trips per day to take care of business. The leg retracting occurs when he goes from down to up,especially if...
We have a 19 month old Berner that was just diagnosed with HD. We took her to an orthapedic surgeon who recommended doing the TPO. He said that even though...
I would get a second opinion from another vet.? I would get the second opinion from a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist who does these a lot.? I would not...
Our original vet who said it would work is a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist who is supposedly the top rated in Indiana. His associate is supposedly...
Our original vet who said it would work is a Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist who is supposedly the top rated in Indiana. His associate is supposedly the...
i have not heard of a dog of that age having TPO. therefore, i am very suspicious.TPO will not work if there is already arthritis, of course, but even if there...
As you know, Mac had his tpo on his right hip in early September. He's been confined for 8 weeks. Yesterday, his post op xrays showed 90% healing, with...
I agree with Maria. Most surgeons won't consider a dog that is 1 yr old for TPO. It sounds like total hip might be your option if pain management isn't...
We are using something called cosequin that comes very highly recommended from both our vet and orthepedic surgeon. We have not been using it long enough to...
Sandy Do you it over the counter, ie: Petsmart of Petco? My vet said he has an injection, but that isn't something I'm interested in from a time and cost...
We actually found it on ebay, but there are several online companies that carry it. It is somewhat expensive. We found a deal where we got three bottles of...
Hi Sandy, Our 10mon male Berner is 19days post TPO - right hip. The left is scheduled for Nov. 20. The surgeon is very emphatic about the age limit for...
The cheapest price that I found for Cosequin DS is at entirelypets.com. About 75.00 for 250 chewable tabs. Fish oil is also very good to give. I give my labs...
Our dog was 9 months old for the first surgery and 10 mos when she had the 2nd hip done. Both of the vets in the office we went to said they would not do the...
Mary- we had the same experience, did the first hip, thought the 2nd was normal, then when they did surgery on first one, they re-examined the 2nd and we got...
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