Hello,
Our 5 yo Sheltie has had stiffness and a limp in his left front paw after resting, particularly in the evening, for a couple of months. It goes quickly after he stretches and walks a few paces then he’s back to his usual high energy self. The vet thinks it is probably arthritis and put him on Metacam but he had a seizure so it was stopped but his paw was too painful and he was given Gabapentin which has helped with the pain but he is still limping. He does sometimes bite the top of his paw.
We have restricted him to 15 minutes walking a day on the vet’s recommendation, stopped ball play and carry him up and down stairs. We’ve also just started him on Riaflex Joint Plus and Green Lipped Mussel which hopefully will help.
Does anyone have other experience or suggestions of what else we could do? I’ve read that Omega 3 oil is good and wondered if anyone had experience of that.
We absolutely heartbroken this has happened in such a young otherwise healthy and active dog and are desperate to do anything to help.
Thanks for reading.