Hello All Newbie from chicagoland

[kathygill]

 Hello Everyone.
We are the proud owners of a senior citizen corso named thunder.
We live in a suburb northwest of chicago and have had the dog for 4 years now.
He has very bad hips and we do plan on picking up Corso Pup after we have to do what we have to do.

But I have to say the vet gave him 6 monthsÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  3 years ago so we must be doin somethin right.
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Me and My Mr. TÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  Last Halloween

[canecorsonancy]

Welcome on board
Do you have a digital pic of that x-ray they took from your Mr.T? I'm curious how bad those hips really are. I remember a dog that needed hipsurgery according to the vet. But the owner did not do it because the dog was not in pain. Later he x-rayed officially and the dog was HD A. Just another vet wanting to make a quick profit over the back of a dog and its owner

[Yulia]

Hello Kathy and Welcome to forum

Yulia

[Garciano]

Hi to You and Ron and let's not forget MR "T"............Welcome to you all

[kathygill]

Actually I do have the xrays from about 3 years ago when he was diagnosed.
We haven't had others done since just  a variety of meds, vitamins, and diet. We tried to find a specialist for hip replacment but no luck due to his size and it being both hips and his age.. We also tried for the partial surgery where they just remove the knuckle but again no luck do to his size and age.

[Irena]

welcome to the forum
so sorry to hear about your old boy 

[canecorsonancy]

Actually I do have the xrays from about 3 years ago when he was diagnosed.
We haven't had others done since justÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  a variety of meds, vitamins, and diet. We tried to find a specialist for hip replacment but no luck due to his size and it being both hips and his age.. We also tried for the partial surgery where they just remove the knuckle but again no luck do to his size and age.

Could you make a digital picture of that x-ray? Just hang the x-ray on a window with a bright sky as background and make a picture without using the flash. If you can, please e-mail it to me. I collect these things and learn a lot from doing that.
The femurheadremoval works for dogs up to 30kg's (=65 lbs). It is done on heavier dogs. But those dogs often do walk with a limp after that. But most important, they are not in any pain. But the vet gave him 6 months and that was 3 years ago. So indeed, you must do something right Go for it Mr.T!

[kathygill]

Yes I can do that I will have to dig them out I think they are in the attic.But, I do know for a fact they are 100 times worse than when he had the xrays I can see the bone deformed through his skin.
I know that sounds really bad but the dog still goes on the couch. Plus hes on some good meds.

I will try and get that done later today            Kathy

[Milla]

What kind of medicin is he on?

Please, post a picture of him standing....

[kathygill]

What kind of medicin is he on?

Please, post a picture of him standing....

I had him on rimadyl for a year and when we realized he was still going to be around I took him off because of the side effects
Now his is on vitamins from GNC the chewy peanut butter flavoured glucosamine and chewy ester-c
plus we switched to artimis and canidae food and medicam medicine from the vet.
The only bummer is the weight he isn't active the pdsÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  pack on even if we monitor his food intake.

Here he is standing pic from aboveÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  you can see the right looks out of socket it is so deformed



Here he is standing and again they are both bad but the right appears worse



I fished out the xrays but they were in the attic and the heat over summer summer warped the films

[Stephanie]

Welcome to the board and hope the best for you and Mr. T.ÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ,  ÃÆ'ââ,¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ, 

There are a lot of great people with great information here!

[Casa del Sol]

hello and welcome to the forum. i wish you and your corso the best.

[Esther]

Hello and welcome on this forum 

[Veleda / Igni et Ferro]

Welcome here, and a kiss for your corso from me

[Leilani]

Aloha and welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your problems with Thunder...