My old dog had it for a number of years before we lost her. It is managable with pain killers and regular check up's at the vet to manage the dosage. But our dog still had a good life and managed well. You may even find Nell has a new lease of life on the painkillers.

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aww poor nell i give lucy she is 9yrs glucosamine & codliver oil tabs in her tea.seems to help her back leg she gets stiff at night .but its not caused by an accident unless it happened b4 i got her. she still runs like the clappers tho! what is the vet going 2 put her on? xx

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]mummy 2 :_lucy x rescue,2 golfish & 3 gals, african grey parrot - mojo x

Amber has Arthritis and the vet put her on some tablets. a friend of mine said her dog has Vitzermin (sorry not such how it's spell) Flexible Joint, you can get them in 2 strengths we gave Amber the lower one. So we tried them and they worked, I told the vet what I was doing and he said good if they are working let her have them, then we can put her on medication when they stop working. She was on them for about 2 years, now she has Colitis and has to have a special diet, she can't have Flexible Joint or any medication as they contain fish oils etc. and the Vet said they will up set her Colitis, which is the last thing we want.

Amber is nearly 11 years old, but at the moment whether it's food she it having, but it's like having a 40kg puppy charging around the house.

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Sorry about any wrong spelling, but I'm feed up of looking things up in the dictionary

Didn't think vets were still using that. It's Rymadil.
They do, just found this
http://www.rimadyl.com/display.asp?c...ies=CN&sec=610

Sorry to hear this.