Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site hpfclp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpfcdc!hpfcla!marysue From: marysue@hpfcla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: german shepherd osteochondrosis Message-ID: <13200008@hpfclp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 13:48:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfclp.13200008 Posted: Wed Sep 25 13:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 08:28:55 EDT References: <13200007@hpfclp.UUCP> Organization: 25 Sep 85 11:48:00 MDT Lines: 20 Well, the results of the arthrogram were not as bad as feared. She does have a small lesion on the articular surface of the left humerus. The prescription was 6 weeks of restricted activity. I was going to pen her up in a 16 x 20 run, but it seemed so cruel. I called a vet that uses nutritional treatments (the first vet admitted knowing very little about nutrition) and he suggested megadoses of vitamin C and alfalfa. He also said NOT to change her life too much --i.e., don't pen her up-- but to limit the ball-chasing and hiking for a while. I think that is the course I will take initially. If there is no improvement, then I will consider the rest treatment, or perhaps some acupuncture. Any comments? Mary Sue Rowan hpfcla!marysue Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com