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"Lame" pup

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Pano is inflamation of the growth plates of the long bones in the legs - horses get a similar problem. Too much protein, too much exercise can excerbate it. Some dogs who show lameness can also have an OCD lesion, only diagnosable by x-ray.

As far as car sickness, I was going to suggest still time in the car. Also a crate rather than a seat belt so he has some security in "his" space. I have had pups who barf in the car in the crate, and they just eventually grow out of it. This guy sounds as much frightened as nauseated if he is expressing his anal glands. So the crate may offer him some mental security as well.

Besides a fecal looking for rounds, whips and hooks, be sure to be on the alert for tapes (dried segments of broken tapes look like rice grains on the hair in the rear area.) Also coccidia and giarda can cause soft stool, and lack of weight gain.

Good Luck.......!

Lee
 
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