Over-nutrition causing Overgrown Bones???
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| Max had a similiar problem if not the same, but I cant remember the medical name for it. (its somewhere posted here) He had lameness in first his front left, then it moved to his back right rear, he is almost like growing pains in children. Too much calcium caused the bones to grow too quickley and it stretches the cartiledge. Most of the time it goes in all 4 leges, but thank goodnes it only happened in 2 of max's. X-rays are the only way to see it. Max was laid up for 2 months, it was horrible, I had to carry him everywhere. The vet did suggest I skip the puppy food and go right to adult when he got it, and he was only about 16 weeks old. He grew out of it, was it was hard, because he was in so much pain, on lots of steroids, and even one night took him to the emergency vet and they put him on morphine. But I think it made us closer. |
| Found it : max had Eosinophillic Panosteitis. |
| Poor puppies! My vet told me that too much calcium during the growing period is detrimental, as it can cause orthopedic issues in large breed dogs. However that's why I thought they came out with the large breed puppy formulas, as they are supposed to have less calcium! If you're going to switch foods, you might want to check that the adult food has less calcium, or I'm not sure switching will have any effect. |
 so how do you know when they are getting too much
tuc's seem fairly big, but i've never had a sheepie before, so i dont know whats normal |
| Hi, I feed Murphy Nutro large breed puppy formula, but it says on the bag controlled growth formula, it is supposed to help with them growing to fast, or so I thought. Does your bag read controled growth? Lorie |
| Tecumseh is on Nutro large puppy breed also |
| Hi jst2cute! I found some guidelines at www.newmanveterinary.com/large.html. It gives an outline of how much calcium is recommended for large breed dogs, so you can compare labels. Hope this helps! |
| I posted something similar several months back. Basically, new vets coming out of the best schools in the country are learning things that will hopefully correct this in the long run. ...like recommending certain breeds, such as a the OES, to start OFF on Large Breed ADULT food. They do not need to grow at a fast rate, esp. when it surpasses what their joints are capable of keeping up with. Most of the vets I know have already switched to recommending this. |
| This is what I tell anyone who will listen.Go straight to Adult food,no puppy food,the protein level is too high. |
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