Large breed puppy question about growing bones.

[MyIrishWolfie]

Those out there with large breed dogs, maybe you can help.

We had to board Binn for a couple days and when we got him back we noticed that when he would get up he'd limp on his hind legs like they were stiff, but after he'd get going he'd walk fine. We thought, well maybe he over did it by playing to rough with other dogs at the boarding place and pulled something. So I called where he was boarded and they said he hadn't hurt himself while he was there. So I called his breeder and she said because he's growing so rapidly its most likely that he's having growing pains in his legs and that is causing him to limp. He dosent have a temperature and he's eating, drinking, and playing just fine. She suggested that I find a chiropracter for dogs and take Binn in and let the chiropracter adjust whatever needs adjusting if he's still limping in like 2 wks or so. My question is.. with your large breed puppy did he or she do the same while they were growing and did you take them to the vet or did you let the growing pains run its course?

[jess2416]

nvr mind :p I said something and then figured out it made no sense

[MyIrishWolfie]

nvr mind :p I said something and then figured out it made no sense


LOL!! Ok :)

[jess2416]

How tall are they supposed to be as adults??

[poodlesmom]

While I've never had a large breed dog with the problem I have known dogs of friends who have gotten "long bone". I know there is a technical term for it but for the life of me I can't think of it. It is a very painful condition for the dogs to go through and if they have it their exercise has to be severely limited until they grow out of it. A couple of dogs had it for a relatively short duration of only a couple of months but one german shepherd did suffer with it for a very long time. They are all doing fine now and you'd never know they had gone thru it. Hopefully this isn't the beginning stages of it for Binn and he just overdid it without the boarding place being aware of it.

[MyIrishWolfie]

How tall are they supposed to be as adults??

Full grown they are 46 to 49 inches at the shoulder.

[MyIrishWolfie]

While I've never had a large breed dog with the problem I have known dogs of friends who have gotten "long bone". I know there is a technical term for it but for the life of me I can't think of it. It is a very painful condition for the dogs to go through and if they have it their exercise has to be severely limited until they grow out of it. A couple of dogs had it for a relatively short duration of only a couple of months but one german shepherd did suffer with it for a very long time. They are all doing fine now and you'd never know they had gone thru it. Hopefully this isn't the beginning stages of it for Binn and he just overdid it without the boarding place being aware of it.

Sounds like long bone is painfull.. ugh. Hope its not that.

[J's crew]

Here is a link with some info. The condition is called Panosteitis. I have a dog that just went through a couple months of this but it was very mild. Hope Binn is doing ok. :)


http://www.jersey.net/~mountaindog/berner1/lpano.htm

[corsomom]

My Rottweiler went through this when he was about 8 months, and the vet said it was pano. It only lasted a couple weeks and went away.

[ihartgonzo]

What are you feeding him? I've heard that puppy food, even most large breed puppy formulas, are not suitable for giant breeds. A premium adult kibble with 23-26% protein is recommended for giant breeds... though you probably know this :p

I hope little Binn feels better soon! Have you called your vet at all?

[LabBreeder]

I don't know? Tira and Gunner are considered "large breeds" but yours are extra large. :p As far as I can remember, or see now, there wasn't/isn't any limping.