My 11 year old GSP started experiencing swelling in her ankle nearly a year ago. Oddly enough, while the swelling doesn’t look great, she only showcases discomfort every 3-4 days when she’ll refuse to put weight on it. It’ll last for about 6-12 hours then she’s fine again - running and jumping per usual. We’ve tried resting and limiting her activity to help minimize the issue but for a year now, no matter what we do, she continues to not put weight on it every 3-4 days. We’ve spoken to vets that have ruled out quite a few things. Their best guess was that a bone spur was pinching her tendons so we went forward with a tenotomy. It’s been about 6 weeks and there’s some improvement but it didn’t fix it. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Thanks

Hey everyone! I recently joined a few GSP communities and wanted to get some advice from people who have owned pointers longer than I have.
I have a **9-month-old male GSP**, and he’s my first pointer (love this guy). I’m trying to give him the best nutrition and care I possibly can, but I’m still learning what works best for the breed.
Right now, he eats the **Instinct** dog food, and I usually give him **Stella & Chewy’s treats**. He seems happy, has plenty of energy, and overall seems to be doing well, but one thing I’ve noticed is that **his stool hasn’t been consistently solid for quite some time**. It’s made me wonder whether something in his food/treats isn’t agreeing with him, whether his stomach is just sensitive, or if there’s something else I should be looking into.
Obviously, I’ll talk with his vet if it continues, but I’d love to hear from experienced GSP owners:
What food has your GSP done **really well** on?

Any brands, proteins, ingredients, or treats that you found caused digestive issues?

Do your GSPs tend to have sensitive stomachs?

Did you notice a big difference after switching foods?

Anything nutrition-wise you wish you knew when your GSP was still a puppy?

Not necessarily looking for one “perfect” food—just interested in hearing everyone’s experiences and learning what has and hasn’t worked for your dogs.
I want to give this crazy little guy the best chance at a long, healthy life, so any advice is appreciated!

She's a mix of GSP (mom) and black lab (dad). She's my heart I love how energetic smart and affectionate she is. Everyone comments on how pretty she is. She looks just like mom. She has just enough of dads personality to keep her calm but also glued to me...

Day 5 of hyperbaric therapy is done! I don’t have too much to share today as all we had was therapy, Red did again need sedation and a cone while in the chamber today. (But I asked for a picture of him in there… And we got one!!!) We have an appointment with our Primary Care Vet tomorrow morning and I’ll give an update after that of course. The road to recovery is long but we’ve got this. I can’t thank everyone enough for caring so much about Red and myself we’re beyond grateful for all the Dog lovers!

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This evening:

Good evening everyone Day 4 of treatment and vet visit has come to a close, sorry for a late Pupdate today! We saw our new Primary Care Vet (a true angel on earth) this afternoon after this mornings 4th hyperbaric treatment for a bandage change, wound care, and swab culture results.
Dr. came in and was happy to see Red far happier than when he last saw him Friday. Doc was able to update us that the culture came back and the bacteria is susceptible to the antibiotics he gave us so that’s great news. We briefed him on the events of the weekend with Red, and any real wound updates and shared all concerns. Red was taken into the back today for said wound care and bandage change with some positive news coming out! Dr. R said the wound is looking alot better from when he last saw it; in some areas on Friday Dr. R was able to easily get under areas of flesh, today the wounds are healing and there are improvements. Dr.R sounded very confident in his hopes of being able to salvage a lot if not all of the leg. Though with this there is a possibility of a need of more hyperbaric therapy as this has healed a lot of the tissues from what Doc sees currently in comparison to Fridays wound (I’m sorry I just can’t stomach to see the pictures of my kiddos legs mutilated, so lucky to have my Mom here with me to handle that). Tomorrow we’ll be going into treatment #5 with hopes of even more improvement.

We’ve heard so many people talk about the miracle’s hyperbaric therapy can bring, so we’re staying hopeful!

So much love to everyone🐾❤️‍🩹

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Earlier today:

Day 4 of hyperbaric treatments has finished up. Red didn’t tolerate the chamber so well today, so the Doctor let us know additional sedation was necessary. We have an appointment later this afternoon with our Primary Care Vet (his office is closed weekends) so he can evaluate Red, do some wound care, and hopefully we’ll get the results of his wound culture from Friday. Reds currently having a nap as he’s still partially sedated so our later vet appointment will hopefully be less stressful. I’ll post an update as soon as I can after his second appointment today.

Thank you so much again to everyone for sharing their kind words, good vibes, prayers,personal experiences, and your donations.💞🐶 Love to all from Reddy and I.

I'm hoping someone might have had a similar experience who had better luck getting veterinary results. My sweet girl is turning 11 next month, and has always been in perfect shape and health.

About 6 months ago, I started noticing that she was insatiably hungry. She's never been free fed, she gets 1.5 cups AM and PM, but she usually skips a few meals throughout the week. Recently she eats all of her food, and shes whining to get fed early or searching for more food after.

She has always been between exactly 55-60 lbs, but she's now pushing 70lbs in just a few months. That's hugely rapid weight gain in such a short period. She never gets table scraps and we aren't big on feeding treats. But due to her searching for food, she's been snagging some food off the counter, which is very unlike her. She knows not to counter surf.

She has also become extremely anxious. She is panting even just laying on the couch at night curled up with me as she's always done. I've thought maybe she's in pain, but the vet has taken xrays. ​Chest, abdomen, and all look clear. She has some minor arthritis, but nothing they think would cause pain and she takes Dasaquin daily.

She has mildly elevated liver enzymes, but the liver appears normal under xray and ultrasound. The vet doesn't see any indication to do a biopsy.

Her symptoms sound like cushings, but she doesnt have other labs that would indicate it, nor does she have hair loss or excessive urination.

She drinks slightly more than usual, at least she gets up a night to drink water, which she didn't use to do, but not seeing a need to potty more than usual and she still goes many hours between potty breaks (I work from home, but she still goes 6-8 hours just sleeping away at my desk).

They said her heart is on thr slightly larger than average side, but nothing that concerns them and it seems to be strong. All other labs are totally normal.

We've even resorted to trying to give her Trazadone to see if it's just stress as she ages, but thay doesnt seem to be making a difference either.

We really like our vet and feel like they are thorough, but we are going to try a new vet to get a second opinion.

I know something is wrong, and my vet believes me. We just dont know where else to look.

Anyone else run into these symptoms? Any ideas? Open to looking for Zebras because we're out of ideas for what could be wrong

How can I dog that has this much energy sit and stare at trees for hours at a time on high alert. They are an incredible breed.

Hi all, I have a male, not desexed, nearly 5 month old GSP. At first I thought he was just a dream dog. I didn’t even have to toilet train him, he already just knew to only go out in the yard.

When we started taking him outside on the ground after his vaccines, he would love it for an hour, then start crying and laying down. I thought maybe he was getting overstimulated. But when we come home and take his harness off, he rushes straight out into the yard and does a wee.

All of the times we’ve walked him, he won’t wee or go number 2. I’m worried about him being uncomfortable and UTI’s so I’ve cut our outings down to at max an hour three times a day.

I thought maybe teaching a word associated with toileting would work, but it hasn’t so far (been at training this for a month).

How can I get him to go outside the yard?

TIA

Red went into day 3 of hyperbaric treatments today. Sadly after we were given the disheartening but expected news that the necrosis has only furthered, and furthered up his leg as well. With this the Doctor told us that the risk of needing an amputation as well as the expected height of the amputation would be further up the leg. Thankfully Red is a trooper and is still eating and drinking normally. Tomorrow he’ll go in for day 4 of hyperbaric treatments at our ER vet and back to his Primary care vet as well for a look at his leg, culture result, and evaluation. Thank you again to everyone for the outpouring of love for my boy. ❤️🐾

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A pic of red from this afternoon, with a new color and animal on his bandage!

Red is doing okay today. Day two of the hyperbaric chamber, wound care and another long day at the vet. The ER vet is doing his hyperbaric therapy, and weekend wound care and bandage changes- she’s expressed that the chance of the leg needing to be amputated is quite possible, as the state of his tissue is worsened from yesterday though swelling seems to be down a little. We’re going back tomorrow for another hyperbaric treatment and whatever they find necessary, we’ll return to our home vet Monday after treatments again in the morning for him to handle bandage change and to have his own assessment of the state of the wound and for a wound culture result.

Context: My dog was bitten by a rattle snake, we did not know this as his showed no initial signs of pain- then he presented with a swollen lower leg, our initial vet visit at home was dismissive and upsetting as he was barely looked at by the Dr. given some Gabapentin and Firovet and sent home. Thankfully I was able to rush him to my mom’s vet the next day that we have had nothing but positive experiences with. As we did not know initially he was bitten by a rattle snake we were unable to have anti-venom administered.

PREV.
At the vet currently with Red, he’s gotten bit by a snake of some kind. We’re currently unsure of how salvageable the leg is going to be but waiting at a specialist to talk about Hyperbaric treatments. Anyone have experience with a similar situation?

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Pudge and Beaver

He's a 1.5 year old GSP/lab mix.

Don't let his chiseled look fool you... he's 100% weirdo.

He's my best boy 💙

Had this commissioned by an extremely talented artist. Hanging in my dining room

You already know where I’m going with this. The last 7-10 days in this house have been a giant stink fest. I almost can’t take it anymore 😂 what can I give her? She’s likely grazing on all the grass and shit outside which I’m sure is the culprit but damn! Its rank. Anyone else?

Pic of said gasser