Working a dog with Pano - Page 2

Add some yogurt, cottage cheese, blended veggies, tuna, sardines, Filet mignon or hamburger.  I buy whatever is on sale for chicken. It's usually the drumbsticks.  I stick em' in baggies and freeze em'.  My dogs love the chickensicles.

I do that with legs and thighs Don. I can get 10lbs for $4.35 frozen.  I usually have old cottage cheese. I'm the only obe here who eats it besides the dogs and we always have gobs and gobs of yogurt on hand. I'll go see if my guy will even eat carrots/ I have some bagged babies that I need to get rid of befor ethey go bad.

Always blend the veggies. Dogs teeth are designed for meat.  They do not break up veggies well enough for the dog to reap the benefits.

In 1994, my own severe sciatica responded to oral Pycnogenol (Pinus maritima) which is derived from the bark of the Maritime Pine. Next, I tried the Pycnogenol on pups with pano--and recommended its use to others. I suggest a dosage of ~1 mg per pound of body weight given twice daily. Response may be noted within hours. I haven't had a dog with pano in many years--not since I switched to a raw diet.

Clincal signs of pano may not always coincide with its radiographic appearance. I find that palpating the long bone in an affected limb easily isolates the location of the pano more reliably than x-rays.

Actually, panosteitis does not involve the bursa (a sac filled with fluid which reduces friction between two moving bodies). In terms of histology, there is an increase in the activity of osteoblasts and fibroblastss in the periosteum (the connective tissue covering the outer surface of long bones), endosteum (the connective tissue lining the boney surfaces within the medullary cavity) , and bone marrow-- which produces a fibrosis as well as the proliferation of connective tissue within the medullary cavity.

I have seen episodes of panosteitis triggered by trauma.

Get A Real Dog, not a vet, just some experience.
Every time I have Pano in a dog I reduce protien, go to adult food along with child Aspiren. 
I do not work the dog. I let the dog do what he wants and no more. If he is experiencing pain then the work he does is not going to be AS benificail to him in the long run. He may do fine, look fine and go all out but a pup will still experience the pain and associate it with the work. I want them to totally enjoy themselves in early work especially. I let them take a break and in a week or so they are more then eager to get back to work. Just my thoughts. Good luck

Get A Real Dog,

Do you have someplace nearby where you could swim him?  I think the folks have made their point about avoiding high impact activities, like bitework.  However, swimming might help him keep active while he's getting through this.  The buoyancy of the water will take the weight off the leg and it's no impact on the joints.  I'm not a vet either, so if someone would like to disagree with this recommendation I won't get my panties in a wad.

Years ago I had a pet GSD that had pano and she enjoyed swimming while going through that phase.  I put her on adult kibble and within a few months it was gone and never returned.  C'est la vie.

Best wishes!

Yvette

We do go to the river on my days off. He has been on adult food since 3 months of age. I just got him swimming a few weeks ago. I will keep it in mind to go more often. We have cut waaay back on the bitework and done just a bit of OB when out walking. Thanks for all the help guys and gals.

I would not put a young dog on adult food early. It may be a big part of your problem. JMHO. Might want to check with your local vet or vet school. Also, coated aspirin are easier on a pups stomach.

Have him xray'd.  Pano is the first thing most vets think - but if it is in the front end it could be an elbow issue as well. 

-Calvin