Gold Implant For Dogs

[Art]

Has anyone's dog received this type of treatment to help hip dysplasia -my local vet is recommending this type of treatment and I would welcome any feed back.The procedure includes implanting gold beads in the affected area.

[kbasat]

You may want to read this through. Looks like it works

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1851017/

[Jonnie]

Spooky you should post this. Until a couple of weeks ago I had never heard of it. I have a 9 year old dog with spondolosis and have just ordered this. My take on it is as that he is a family member, the treatment, whilst it requires an anaesthetic is fairly non-evasive and whilst it is fairly pricey by TRNC standards it is not by UK standards (My sisters dog had three trips to the vet for a cut paw and some stitches £700) it could make him considerably more comfortable for what may be several years. If it is not successful I will have thrown some money away and I may have to cut back on some things to pay for it but he is my pal and my responsibility and if I don't do it when he is suffering I will be asking myself if I could have done more. In the end the decision for me is straightforward, if the procedure was more invasive it may have been different. Best of luck is all I can say.

[Jonnie]

PS thanks for the link KB

[Art]

KB/Thank you/The link was very useful.

Jonnie,

Thank you-great post and we have decided to go ahead.

The implant will happen on the 21st of this month-will keep you posted.

[HotHippo]

Hello Art,

Would you please let me know which Vet you are using?

Cheers,

HH

[Art]

Petcross.

Hope this helps.

[Jonnie]

Are you still on for the 21st Art?

[Art]

We are but the vet said "it may be the 22nd tbc.....but we have reserved our place.

[kbasat]

Art, may I ask what type of dog, weight and how old your dog is.

Max, being a big dog and his breed also makes him a candidate for hip dysplasia, so just interested.

K.

[Jonnie]

We are but the vet said "it may be the 22nd tbc.....but we have reserved our place.

We are booked for 22nd as it stands

[Art]

Hi K.

Our dog Trubel is 7 years old and is a very big cross breed /her weight is approximately 42 kilos .

We had her X rayed two weeks ago as it was clear she was struggling on her back legs.

Will let you know how she gets on after the implants.

[Steamerpoint]

Hi

Petcross carried out the gold implant on our 6 month old German shepherd, 3 years ago. She had 4 implants.

She is now a perfectly healthy GS running around with our other German shepherd. Without the operation I feel sure she wouldn't be here.

If you would to see her then just email me and you would be more than welcome to see her for yourself.

Regards

traceyrodd@gmail.com