Back muscles - Page 2

I have mentioned that high intensity exercises with a ball is a plus for back muscles and coupling the front and rear of the dog bodies. When the dog to make sudden stops the front of the dog always stop first and those muscles between the last rib set and the hip is forced to dampen the momentum of the rear. In time those muscles become very firm to the touch and it widens the area of the lower back by producing thicker muscles and muscles over the dog's hip. The food I spoke about was Abady's stress and maintenance formula which comes in 3 varieties of increasing nutritional levels ( regular, advanced, and state of the art ).

Hi! Thank you for your answers. I live in Bulgaria and there aren't much high quality dog foods from which I could choose. That Abady food is nowhere to be found. I try to feed her a balanced raw diet. When I was feeding her kibble she had stomach problems from time to time, maybe because she had been starving before, I don't know. She doesn't have parasites or sth, the vet gave me probiotics. After the course with those probiotics ended the digestive problems occured once more. When they were gone after a few days I started to switch slowly to raw. This time her stomach didn't get upset unlike the last time I tried this. I buy the beef,rabbit, eggs and chicken from a local farmer. They are better than the chicken(for example) full of fat and god knows what from the store. However I need to buy other products from the store. Our male was diagnosed with degenerative myelopathy 7 months ago and the raw diet does wonders for his condition. It keeps him lean and keeps his muscles in good condition. He is still able to hike with us a few miles, run and enjoy life. He has problems when it comes to cornering but it's not that bad. I read a lot about this condition and I found out that an almost paralised dog could start to walk again and be almost back to normal when starting a raw diet.

My girl gained some weight but you could still feel her spine in the middle of her back too easy. She is too active and it's not an easy task to make her gain a few pounds without overfeeding her. We found a place where she could swim and I go there with the dogs about 4-5 times a week. The water is cleaner than the water in the pond we used to go last year.

The weather is hot here(up to 86F) and I prefer taking her swimming, playing fetch in the forest near the water and doing some obedience. I take her to a field to do some tracking 2-3 times a week in the mornings when it's not that hot. I'll try to introduce her to pulling in the rainy days when the field where she will pull won't be sunny.

 

Boltipo, so pleased you found a good place to swim. She looks better and better every photo you post of her - many congratulations.

There is never any paralysis reversal with DM. If you see a reversal, you can be sure any DM diagnose was not correct.

Your dog is looking good.

I wonder about your male's situation too, Boltipo. While it is true that dogs with fairly recently diagnosed DM can sometimes seem to rally, and have "good" days or weeks, the disease is one where progression is often a bit
sporadic. It does, however, steadily get worse, eventually. Raw feeding maybe might help with the dog appearing to improve / be somewhat in 'remission' from the DM, but I would beware of reading much into anything that claims a raw diet to be so good for the dog that it can actually cure the illness, or reverse the degeneration.