Pano - Page 2

Yes it is said that a male is more prone to getting it than a female. The quote of it affecting more the ones with thick bone? Maybe this would explain it.( I never thought of that)..makes sense as males seem to be bigger boned than females. I have a male who is has had bouts with it recently. I consider him heavy boned as well. Luckily it isnt anything to serious..as it is only growing pains..nonetheless you hate to see them become lame due to it. I look forward to him growing out of it.

Yes, it affects males more often but not by a large margin. Strange thing is that pups in the same litter of equal size are not equally impacted. Some don't get it at all and I had one female that had it bad for three months but only one litter mate had a mild case for a few weeks.

Had a dog with Pano. American Show Line female. Started at 5 monthes by 11 monthes had her xrayed to confirm also found an ununited anconeal process(growth plate in the elbow). My Vet said give it time (can u beleive that) We didnt give her anything but lower protein food and a 1 a day vitamin. Let her be normal as far as excersise. And in another month all symtoms went away. Havent had her rexrayed yet but plan on it.You should see this dog now. Leaps about 8 feet and clears the creek.(She hangs with my German working line dogs!)It is definetly genetic.

Yes. I had a puppy whom I sold at ~6 mos to another party who was full sister to this dog (perhaps even litter sister, but there's no date)... http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/392943.html She was getting better by the time I sold her, but at late 4 mos to 5 mos she would run around in play and sometimes yelp when "landing" on her front legs. I took her to the doctor, and she said it was probably just panosteitis or "longbone", as she was growing. Funny thing is Lana was tiny and probably never topped 50 lbs. Following is my current dog, who never had pano although she clearly was bigger than Lana as a youngster, at 60-65lbs: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/436354.html (albeit plenty other problems). My barnyard GS I got as a child never had that problem, neither did my "half-German/half-American" GS whom I adored most. And neither did my sister's several GS over the years, all of whom are Euro lines (well, I doubt the last 1, but....).

Another thing I wonder about now, that I think of my trainer who w/my current dog, not to bother ever buying "puppy" food. She thought puppy food makes the animals grow faster than they should. Now I'm wondering if such would exacerbate problems for some pups who have tendencies to longbone. Lana got puppy food. Tara did too, until I met her trainer who decried it as another marketing ploy that was senseless because "did your mother make you the toddler eat food types you don't eat now?"

Rebel,I did do some study on Pano and the only thing I uncovered was to feed a lower protien food. I then decided that I would feed a Large breed pup food till 4 months and then go to an adult food.There are still extra vitamins, fat,and its easier to digest. Puppy food provides what your pup needs for proper development. But it is still a genetic disorder and if the pup is predisposed to have it there isnt to much you can do.It is deffinetly in a pup that grows extremely fast.You do feed baby foods to babies because the need the extras and because its easier to digest.