So the vet thinks it is Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD). She says she is not ruling out Pano right now but his shoulder seems to be the problem. He is on Rimadyl and she wants to give it a week or so to see how he does before having to sedate him for a shoulder x-ray, in case maybe it is Pano. She did an x-ray of his leg yesterday and that looked fine, but she said Pano is not always easy to diagnose. I am hoping it is Pano because I know OCD often requires surgery. AND he has whipworms. AND he has hookworms. :yikes: (Yes, Charlie is a poop-eater. Any ideas on how to get him to stop are appreciated. I've already tried meat tenderizer and De-Ter. I always try to keep the yard clean but I don't always find all of it!). So he's also doing a long course of dewormer.
Charlie was rescued from a puppymill and since I have had him, he has had:
Coccidiosis
Whipworms
Hookworms
Roundworms
Ringworm
Canine Influenza
Pneumonia
Demodex
Sarcoptic Mange
Staff infection
There is probably more but that's all I can remember right now. I knew he was going to have problems, coming from a puppy mill, but Geeeeeezzzzzz! I would love to get my hands around the neck of the crazy bi*ch that is running that place. It just makes me wonder about all of the hundreds of other puppies that have come out of there and probably had the same health problems. You can bet they didn't all go to homes that were willing to deal with it all. Charlie's vet knows both of us VERY well now.
I spoke to Charlie last night about getting himself a job to pay for some of this. He's thinking he'd like to try police work but I don't know. He seems like more of a manual labor kind of guy to me - maybe sled dog? Now I just have to find someone who'll pay him well for it, AND keep the poor guy healthy enough.
Charlie was rescued from a puppymill and since I have had him, he has had:
Coccidiosis
Whipworms
Hookworms
Roundworms
Ringworm
Canine Influenza
Pneumonia
Demodex
Sarcoptic Mange
Staff infection
There is probably more but that's all I can remember right now. I knew he was going to have problems, coming from a puppy mill, but Geeeeeezzzzzz! I would love to get my hands around the neck of the crazy bi*ch that is running that place. It just makes me wonder about all of the hundreds of other puppies that have come out of there and probably had the same health problems. You can bet they didn't all go to homes that were willing to deal with it all. Charlie's vet knows both of us VERY well now.
I spoke to Charlie last night about getting himself a job to pay for some of this. He's thinking he'd like to try police work but I don't know. He seems like more of a manual labor kind of guy to me - maybe sled dog? Now I just have to find someone who'll pay him well for it, AND keep the poor guy healthy enough.