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Our 8 month old girl Pheobe had HOD when she was about 6 months old. I'm happy to report she made it through and is acting like a typical boxer puppy now. When she was sick, along with all the medications we had to give her, our vet suggested a low protein, low fat diet. I put her on Natural...

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers....I know that they are working!! Phoebe is getting better every day!!

Im sorry to hear about your puppy! I know that it is VERY hard to watch them try to walk and they cant. Sometimes it brings my wife to tears. I dont know if this helps or not...but the vet recommended that we put frozen peas on her joints (if she would let us). We went home and started doing...

It seems like that we have caught the HOD in the early signs. Phoebe is now getting up on her own and tyring to play with our beagle. However I'm still making her take it slow. It hasnt even been a week since my wife and I have adopted her and we both love her as if we have had her since she...

We just found out that our 5 month old boxer has a growing disease called HOD. Basically her joints in all her legs are inflammed and she growls when they are touched. Right now she just lays down and doesnt do anything. Our vet gave us some pain medicine and some antibiotics. This disease...

Thanks for the reply! I just would like to add that she was spayed 3 weeks ago and then her original owners gave her up. She still has stiches and I have read that if boxer pups show signs of puppy vaginits after spaying then there is a problem. Has anybody else heard of this? I'm getting...

Hi all! I just adopted a 5 month old boxer female. She is showing the signs of puppy vaginitis. When we brought her home she was very playful and energetic. Today all she is doing is sleeping and laying around. We have a vet appt tomorrow morning. Any thing I could do to help her out a...