[Dailydrool] basset xrays

[Molly Thompson]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions regarding Lilly and her possible 
arthritis in her back.  I will follow up with my vet. She is familiar 
with bassets as she has had them herself. I like her so much that I 
followed her to another practice further away when she moved. Amazingly 
she didn't charge me a visit fee when I had the xrays taken and the 
urine tested.  What a nice vet.

I will also look into supplements.

Alas, Lilly still has a bladder infection after 2 weeks of antibiotics.  
It's better then it was, but we are treating it for another 2 weeks.

Thanks again!

Molly Thompson

On 3/19/2019 3:11 PM, Dale Rutz via Dailydrool wrote:
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> Hi all, Dale here,
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> Oh I learned this the hard way! BEWARE the basset xray ...... bassets 
> look like cartoon characters on xray with space between joints where 
> other breeds don't have them.  I remember when I first had Snoopy 
> xrayed at age 5 .... they told me the bridge of his hips was about to 
> collapse and that and a host of other problems would mean the dog 
> wouldn't last the year.  Well, Snoopy could fly at that point and did 
> for a number of years after.  He's been down in the back, twice, but 
> he's back up and running and has been for a couple of years.  Snoopy 
> is going to be 14 in June!!
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> Don't believe a word they say about your bassets xray unless
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> 1)  They are comparing the xray to a different xray of the SAME dog 
> and are telling you things are changing
> 2)  They are pointing to a facture/broken bone/blown disc/lodged 
> foreign object ...... ie something obvious
> 3)  They are accustomed to reading a bassets xray
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> Enjoy your girl.  Certainly most bassets do eventually get joint 
> problems and a supplement is a good way to help their joints.  I use 
> triple max.
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> Best,
> Dale
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