I just found out that Samwise's Grand-Dam, Esther (who is owned by my neighbor), is going to be bred with a standard poodle - they want to get into the goldendoodle business. Esther has all her health clearances and I'm sure they will make sure the poodle does, too. I bet the puppies will be adorable but I'm just not sure how I feel about this.
Here at home, Samwise had begun to limp a bit on his front right leg but the vet is closed already so I can't bring him in until Monday. He doesn't appear to be in a lot of pain - I'm sure there is some pain otherwise he wouldn't be limping, right? He hasn't been getting a whole lot of exercise in the last few days because of the wacko weather we've been having. I don't know if that's got anything to do with it or if he's just having growing pains. I've massaged that leg and the shoulder; he shows no discomfort. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Christi
PS - excuse the needs-to-be-vacuumed carpet - I'm having trouble keeping up with their shedding!
Just went thru this with Tinkerbell who is 5 months old and 35 pounds. the vet said I could give her 2 children's aspirin (160 mg) every 12 hours. I don't give it to her during the day normally but at night I do. When I give her the aspirin at night she wakes up with no limp also it tends to bother her more at night after she has been on it all day.
Some people really love those dogs. They have a following. I am not attracted to them myself. But someone put some pics on the forum recently and those dogs were cute....I just don't usually see them as attractive.
I hope Samwise feels better. Lucky has limped when he over did himself and I know it worrysome but he hasn't for many months.
I think the doodles are adorable puppies but not-so-cute adults and they are WAY overpriced. I'm just really surprised they are going to do this.
Thanks very much for the aspirin advice. I actually don't have any in the house since none of us humans use it but I can get some first thing in the morning and try it.
Well, yes, puppies are always adorable, but Goldens keep that puppy face their whole life I think I think they're cute even when they're old and get the cutest white face! Awww
I don't like goldendoodles at all. I'm just not attracted to curly coated dogs for some reason...
My neighbor's Golden started limping pretty badly one day on one of his front paws -- he wouldn't even put any weight on it while he was sitting. We had no idea what was wrong, as you could grab that leg, squeeze it, move it in all different directions, etc, with no pain, no yelp, no pulling it back. A couple days later she took him into the vet and asked for x-rays, etc. Nothing was wrong at all, the vet just suggested it was muscle "growing pains".
The pup in question was ~6 months at the time, and probably ~75 pounds, which probably contributed to the growing pains
Our 6 mnth old pup "Fleur" has the growing-pains-thing. And our "Double" had it two years ago, when she was the same age.
We use "Traumeel", which is homeopatic stuff. I hate it, seeing a nice pup limping like a war-veteran, and there is always some anxiety ("...poor doggie has HD...")
Just wanted to report that the baby aspirin does seem to be working. I'm going to talk to the vet today and see if there's anything more I should be doing.
Regarding the limping, how old is your dog? Sounds to me like it could be pano, which is possibly genetic but little understood condition that usually affects dogs that are growing. It's especially common in German Shepherd Dogs, and they generally outgrow it all but the most severe cases. GSD folks just shrug it off as normal for the most part.
Oops i just saw your dog is seven months old, like mine. My puppy doesn't have pano, but that's the classic age for it to show up.
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