Re: ACL tear in small dog- any advice
Posted by:
yea
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Date: July 17, 2009 11:50PM
hooray 4 thurston...now go take a bong hit and play with your doggies!
Thurston Moore Wrote:
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> Been there, done that Wrote:
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> > Ok, I have a 100 pound dog that tore his ACL
> about
> > a year and a half ago. I never had surgery
> > performed on him. What I would do is this.
> Start
> > feeding your dog a raw diet. Yes, I said feed
> him
> > a raw diet. It is so much better for your dog
> in
> > that, it is what they are meant to eat, you
> will
> > not have to deal with the carbohydrates that
> they
> > put into dog food. Carbs are particularly bad
> for
> > dogs in that they cause a dog to gain weight,
> > contribute to cancer (cancer feeds off of
> > sugar,and carbs are sugars), increases
> > inflammation in the body which will accelerate
> > arthritis in the joints. I know its hard to
> > phatom raw food for your dog but, it will not
> turn
> > them into a blood thirsty killer. Secondly,
> put
> > about a tsp. of salmon oil on your dogs food
> > whenever you feed it. Make sure to keep the
> > weight down as well. Lastly, give your dog
> > glucosamine and MSM daily. You can get it at
> > Costco. If you do these things, I can promise
> you
> > your dog will recover very well. Oh and
> lastly,
> > do not feed your dog every day. Make one day a
> > day where all you give it are soup bones. When
> > the digestive system has a chance to relax, the
> > dog's body will divert more energy toward
> detoxing
> > itself and healing injuries. I hope this
> helps.
>
>
> I would still do the surgery, after finding the
> best surgeon for that particular procedure in the
> area.
>
> If it was simply a sprain, and not a complete
> tear, then yes, feeding the dog better, getting a
> few pounds off and feeding glucosamine and MSM
> would be a good first attempt to resolve. I've
> done that with one of my dogs who sprained his
> right ACL.
>
> But a raw or as close to raw diet as possible is
> definitely better for dogs in the long run.
> Feeding Purina and all the other commercial foods
> you find in the grocery store to your dog would be
> like feeding yourself from your neighbor's garbage
> can and things you find on the side of the road
> (because that is exactly what goes into the
> commercial dog foods.) You can find better
> quality "commercial" foods at pet stores and
> online (but they will still be highly processed).
>
>
> I feed my dogs Nutro and Wellness, but it is only
> about 1/4 of their whole diet.
>
> The rest of their diet consists of either boiled
> chicken, raw beef or occassionaly chicken necks,
> green beans, brussel sprouts, lima beans, carrots,
> spinach, salmon oil (I just give them 1000mg human
> capsules), a third of a Move Free
> (MSM/Glucosamine/Chondroiton), a teaspoon of olive
> oil, a teaspoon of unpasteurized yogurt made from
> grass-fed milk (the probiotics help them digest
> raw veggies better), and occassionally as a treat
> they get a frozen marrow bone (keeps them busy for
> about an hour or so.)
>
> It's actually cheaper to feed your dog whole foods
> rather than buying bags of commercial dog food.
> You can get chicken breasts for as low as $1.69 a
> pound, boil up a week or more worth in a short
> time, freeze it and then defrost two or three
> day's worth at a time. Same with beef. Buy
> whatever cut is on sale, a steak costing less than
> $10 can feed two 20 lbs dogs for a week. Just cut
> it up into bite sized cubes, bag up a day or two's
> worth in each bag, and freeze (it's supposedly a
> good idea to freeze the raw meat to kill
> parasites). Bags of frozen green beans are like
> $.99 each, maybe $1.49, and last about 4 days for
> two 20 lbs dogs.
>
> Plus, when you're trying to get weight off a dog,
> the best thing you can do is fill them up on green
> beans, an entire bag of green beans is about 30
> calories.
>
> My dogs only go to the vets for booster shots and
> injuries. Never any illnesses or degenerative
> issues. The vet always remarks at how healthy
> they look compared to many of the dogs he sees.
> Thick shiny coats, bright, tear-stain free eyes,
> good muscle tone and waistlines.
>
> And they love their food. You can tell what they
> value more by what they eat first (yogurt, then
> raw beef, then the various veggies, then the dry
> dog food.)
>
> I have heard a lot of people say "but when you
> feed them 'people food' won't that teach them to
> beg at the table?" -- no. A dog that has never
> received food from the table will NEVER expect
> food from the table. Once a dog receives food
> from the table, he will ALWAYS expect food from
> the table. My dogs have no idea this is "people
> food", and they've never eaten it anywhere besides
> from their very own dog dish (they don't even
> think to steal from the other dog, they know who's
> bowl belongs to who). They even lay on the empty
> chairs at the dinner table when we eat dinner, and
> we never hear a peep out of them.