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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Going to the vet with a Rottweiller...
« on: May 28, 2005, 04:52:22 am »
This really is an important issue with me, and it is very nice to be amoung people that feel the same way, thanks & I'll get more pics ASAP. Yours is quite the cuttie too. I had friends with 2 mastiffs! They are large but great dogs!

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Hip Displasia, what are the treatment options?
« on: May 28, 2005, 04:16:27 am »
Quote from: mastiffmommy on May 28, 2005, 02:21:27 am
So sorry to hear this, I have personally no experience of bad hips or elbows (knock on wood) but if you do a search here, you will find that we have had a lot of those posts. There are a couple of dogs with similar problems as your Harley D, and a lot of people with experience. Just as a general nutrition thing with our big to giant breeds, it is good to start them on some kind of joint supplement as early as possible, so if you dont give her that, I would recommend that. Other than that I am sure there are lots of people here that can give you advice, after having gone through similar situations themselves. Good Luck and give your cute girl a big hug from me

Marit

Thank you so much, I will look into that. Harley D thanks you too. :D

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Rottweiler Discussions / Going to the vet with a Rottweiller...
« on: May 28, 2005, 01:12:00 am »
We have had Harley for more than five years now and for the first three years we moved a few times being active duty Navy. From the start each new vet she saw went out of his or her way to come out to me simply to compliment me on Harley. It seems as though the majority of the Rottweilers these vets have seen weren't nearly as patient and cooperative as mine. The first time it happened I really didn't think much of it but after the second, third and fourth it really made an impression on me. I really felt a sense of pride each time it happened. People are always categorizing "BITE BREEDS" and "VICIOUS BREEDS" when all along it's the owners/trainers that teach them to be like that. The way I see it I feel it is discrimination when I am turned away from an apartment simply because they do not permit certain "BITE BREEDS!" Not every dog that bites is breed specific.

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Rottweiler Discussions / Hip Displasia, what are the treatment options?
« on: May 27, 2005, 11:53:55 pm »
Our baby Harley D was diagnosed with this crippling disease when she was 3, at that time her condition was severe. :( The vet mentioned 2 options, do surgery one her hip grinding the ball down to try to make it fit better in the socket ($400) but eventually a complete hip replacement ($3000). But both of her hips are bad, one a little more than the other. Ultimately there would be no way of avoiding the inevitable; she would have to be put down. That was devastating to us. Well, in the last 2 years we have moved and got a bit tight on money but we did go to the better dog food. (I advise everyone with a Rotti to start on the best food early) For right now we are giving her Motrin to help her with her pain, she'll see the vet next week. I am terrified at what he might say....

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