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11 yo male golden having leg problems

Posted By Jp (Wpb, Florida) on 07/30/2012

11 yr old male golden retreiver, no health problems, doesnt eat grain dog food. Just recently he's falling down with his legs sliding out from him. He 's been on tile floor most his life never had any problems. I checked his pads & trimmed them but no difference.

He takes fish oil & raw egg daily. No vaccines since 1 yr old or flea tick gel application. No heart guard since he was 3. Seems to be good health except his legs are acting really weird now with falling on the tile.

Replied by Lisa (Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa) on 07/30/2012

Hi JP, We had a golden retriever a long time ago now. He was also about 11 when that started happening to him. He had hip dysplasia. This is not uncommon in this breed. It may be something you want to have checked. Wishing you the best, Lisa

Replied by 5 Pooches Home (Houston, Tx) on 07/31/2012

Have you tried giving him coconut oil? Need to get UNREFINED, COLD-PRESSED COCONUT OIL and add 4-5 BIG TABLESPOONS per day to his food.

Also try adding 1 big tablespoon of flax seeds and organic apple cider vinegar (for strength) to his diet.

You can also order some pure MSM powder and mix 1-2 tablespoon in his food and then lower the dose as he starts getting better. Do these 4 things to his diet and I bet he will be running soon!

Don't skip on COCONOT OIL - A MUST for every dog in this world but esp. old dogs.

Replied by Pat (Montreal, Quebec) on 09/04/2012

Re raw eggs: Not good everyday plus egg whites causes problems esp over a period of time.

Replied by Anodita (New Delhi, India) on 11/28/2012

My 11 year old golden retriever has hip dysplaysia and arthritis, and now has urinary and bowel incontinence :( Been giving her sepia and causticum homeopathic meds alternate days.. what else can i do?

Replied by Wendy (Columbus, Oh/usa) on 11/28/2012

To Anodita from New Delhi: Please read the other posts at this link. Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV), Organic Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and Turmeric can all be used in varying combinations to ease your Golden's symptoms.

Here are some other EC links:

https://www.earthclinic.com/pets/incontinence.html

https://www.earthclinic.com/pets/hip_dysplasia.html

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