Charlie, our 16-yr-old Springer, limps. >

[mr_hat]

It's hard to figure out which leg a dog limps on. Especially one who's as hyper at 16 years as he was at 16 months.

[buckeye1]

1. Poor Charlie.

Count your blessings, Spook my oldest dog only lived to be 13. Dogs do have short lives,that is because we need many dog friends. In my 35 dog years I have had 4 wonderful dog friends. Crowe,Spook,Jack and Sugar( She is current). All my best to you and Charlie.

[BiggJawn]

2. If I was a 16-yr-old dog...

I'd limp, too. Hell, I *DO* limp, and I'm only 6 in Dog Years....

Sounds like Charlie has a lot of "joy of life"

[AGiordino]

3. Ask your veterinarian about

Equine arthritis injections. I do not remember exactly what the drug name is, but when my 14 yo Siberian Huskie started to have joint pain in her hips that quelled the painn for extended periods until it got untreatable.

[sleepyhead]

5. Adequan

is the injectable drug. It's good to start off with (can follow up with oral meds), but expensive. Glucosamine/chondroitin works really well. Ask your veterinarian about some of the new nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories for dogs. They are safer than ever and can be used along with the glucosamine on your dog's bad days.

[talleyJudy]

4. And you could try giving Charlie

Glucosamine sulfate/Chondroitan sulfate tablets. 500mg., one in the morning and one at night, and see if that makes a difference in less than a week. I have taken it for many years myself, and was told by a veterinarian who diagnosed hip displasia in one of my other dogs to give it to the displastic dog; it made her much more comfortable and able to live with her condition.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. How weird. Our 14-yr-old Pointer started limping this week too

No sign of injury or infection. We are going to try tylenol for a while to see it that helps.
To find out which leg it is, put him on a tile, lineolum, or someother slickish surface. It will be obvious.

[RebelOne]

7. No, no, don't give him Tylenol.

That is not good for dogs. Go to one of the pet supply Web sites and get him buffered aspirin for dogs. I got some from Doctors Foster and Smith.

And when you take him to vet, whatever you do, even if your vet recommends Rimadyl for arthritis, do not give it to your dog. That medicine almost killed my dog. Also, go to http://www.srdogs.com. It will give you a lot of info on older dogs. And I gave my 11-year-old Rottie the human dosage of glucosamine. It helped her immensely up until she died at the age of 12.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

8. Tylenol is what everything I have read, and my vet reccommend

Our dog is allergic to ASA.