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Advice for "crooked" front leg

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Hello fellow fur lovers! Im new to the site. I own 2 bassets..Roscoe and Reese. Both just turned 1. The vet said they both have angular limb deformity. Reese's right leg is very noticably "crooked"..for lack of better words. Seemed to start showing around 7 months and has gotten worse. Shes not in pain and it does not slow her dow. She has to keep up withher crazy brother Roscoe lol. Luckily we have a ranch style so not to many steps for heShould i be worried? Who else has had experience with this? Thank u!
 
#29 ·
calcium given to bitch and/or puppies which may cause problems
calcium supplementation with large breed puppies is a disaster waiting to happen

Veg protein is in no way as good as animal protein - it doesn't have the essential amino acids.
this is not clear cut though the evidence currently lean in favor of animal protein being superior but there are some factual mistakes in your argument. 1 it is possible to get a ten essential fatty acids a dogs need for plant sources alone that is not the case for cats which need 2 additional fatty acid one of which is taurine and only is available for meat based protein, Btw ti is highly heat sensitive as well and destroyed by the high temp use in making and pastuerizing dog food so it is added in affer heat processing.

Now with protein it is all about digestibility so say the food as 32 protein but only 55 digestiable protein where as another food has 25% protein but it is 90% digestable the lower protein food actual delivers to the dog more protein, An dog food manufacture are only requires and allowed to put on total protein values not digestable valuse so you are correct that simple going by the percentage on a bag can be very misleading,

In all studies animal protein is signifcantly more digestable than palnt based protein. However and this is a huge however., ther is a lot more to this, Grain and legume like soy have what are term antinuetrient, these are chemical that block the digestion it is these componds that limit plant based protein . So there you go if you want to espose the superiority of animal base protein however when this plant material is include with animal based protein its abosrption is signifcantly effected as well,. when we are talking Kibble specifically In order to be form it must contain a signicant about of stearch 15 minimium so in kibble your animal based protein digestability level are going to be effected because it is being fed with plant matter as well, It is not clear that in kibble that animal based protein is superior to plant based,.

To get the most protein from meat it is best to be fed seperately from plant material I would sugest feeding it first and plant materal 4 or more hours later,
 
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Thanks 3KBasset! Glad to hear that your little girl made it through the 5 weeks (and you did too!) It is only day 2 since the surgery, and Lucy Mae is already getting used to having the splint on her arm. It will be a challenge to keep her calm for 5 weeks, but it will be worth it to see her healthy and happy.
 
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