Hi everyone.. just wondering if there are any golden retriver owners in here.. if so.. please share ur experience with them as i have just adopted a 9 months old GR puppy .. quite new to it actually... the dog has a weak left leg.. poor boy...

yah... the vet say it's caused by malnutrition... cos the previous owner never give the dog peoper meal... and those dog food.. only left over rice and vege... and some meat like that.. poor boy..
hopefully i can give him a healthy life.. huahaha

OOH COOL...LY DOES HAVE A GR thread.. NYEK Nyek.. anyways.. still wondering.. cos i just brought my GR to the vet and he comfirms that it is not suffering from hip dysplacia.. which is a relief for me..

04) angelicia55 / Golden Retriever / creamy / 8 months old / male

Just bought some supplements for my GR.. glucosamine+chondroitin(sth like that).. cos me rm285...
wooooo... now i hafta go buy that eagle pack kibbles.. rm166..
OMG OMG... but he deserves it.. i hope.. i hope.. i can make him healthy and strong unlike the previous owner... wish me luck...

BTW... any GR owners care to share their GRs diet? like that they eat and stuff... cos mine dun really wanna eat... only prefers rice with bones.. which the vet told me is not nutritious enough for him.. causing him to have weak hind legs... any thoughts to that?? please share.

thanks for your advise... ill try that... ) cheers.,.. will tell u if he likes it or not..

hi peeps.. would like to ask about something again... anyone here heard of giving dogs steroid injection? the vet told me that my GR's hind legs muscles have shrunk, and its neccessary to inject steroid for the muscles to grow back.. is there such thing?? i need to know the pros n cons before i keane tipu by those commercialised vets who only wants to earn money... BAHH... please help.. thanks.

i am in sarawak, miri area. the previous et my GR went to.. is an *******... the kind that wanna suck up ur money.. so i dun know if i really should trust what he says... he's the one that says my GR needs steroid injection.
the vet my GR currently is visiting only advise me to give him chondroitin and Glucosamine.. his hind legs seems to have improved since i brought him back. but still.. his hind legs only has skin on his bone.. no muscle... and i doubt that is normal?? i treid to search the web about steroid injection in canines.. it says will have side effect.... so am worried and wonder if my GR really needs a steroid injection..

when i first brought him back, he did not eat anything.. he did not wanna eat anything... i thought he was homesick.. so i brought him to the vet to cehck him out.. turns out, he's sick.. down with fever.. so no appetite... after eating the medicines... he's fine now... right now.. he's on eagle pack's kibble for large breedpuppy. eats twice a day.. for dinner i mix his kibbles with da canned meaty thingee.... he finishes it... he's more plump now.. but still.. has no muscles on his hind legs.. i worry that if he gains his weight back..his hind legs cannot support his body weight.. errr... how???

please help...

i wonder if he can swim??? hahaha.. alright.. thanks.. ill try that this sunday..
thanks thanks thanks...

cheers.. i am so happy cos i can see his condition improving.. butb still so little muscle on his hind legs.. bahhhhh

he's only 24 kgs. skinny hind legs. he can walk just fine but when he sits down.. its hard for him to get up.. he uses his front 2 leg/hand/feet to push his body up. is that normal?

my Gr just turn 9 mths old.. kinda skinny at her age... my mum's Gr is OBESE though.. huhahahaha... cos the owner not home.. no one bring her exercising... so she's obese.. nyek nyek.

yeah... i tried mixing it in the rice cooker... Fooohhhh... my kitchen sticks... hahahaha... can smell the kibbles smell from the living room.. hahah... but he did finish all .... the last few dyas have been busy so i only give him dry kibbles.. nothing else.. he ate all ... but have actually write out a food plan.. decided to give him ricece with canned dog food and kibbles on saturdays, kibbles during weekdays.tonight might give him a better treat.. cos ill be free.. might cook up some sausages.. hehe... thanks for your suggestion.

Still no one giving advise on teh steroids?? anyone heard of steroid injection for dogs?? to make them grow muscle??

thanks everyone for your advises... my GR's hind leg has improved a lot...he no longer limps around after lying down for too long. thanks thanks thanks.. a million thanks to everyone here. but still.. he's such a picky eater.. Grrrr... tao yen tao yen lar!!!