Bowed Front Legs

[Adampie8432 824]

As above I've just now noticed that my 11 week old plummer terrier puppy's front legs are looking bowed and they wasn't like that earlier which is worrying they are not looking abnormal but defiantly don't look right just wondering if there's anything I can do to sort out the problem? He is wormed all to dste and on good food. Thanks atb adam

[Guest Navek]

What % protein food is he on . Is it dried food ? Couple lads I no have had pups legs start bowing when protein was to high had it on my own befor and gave them low protein adult food for week or two and it sorted it's self out...

 

A barf diet would be better tho

[stevo79 569]

I think it's something to do with the rate the pup is growing? Maybe as said low protein diet for a week or so. I'd feed raw if I was you I've been feeding my pup beef mince with goats milk and some brown rice mixed in also so a boiled egg in the shell straight through the blender. Plenty of calcium they need. But if your that worried get to the vets. Atb

[stevo79 569]

I'd stay well clear of them high protein puppy foods you can buy there shite.

[Adampie8432 824]

Thank you guys I've been feeding him puppy dry food and mince I'm going to buy some low protein adult food and feed him that soaked from now on. Atb adam

[Guest Navek]

Wouldn't feed him just soaked adult food mate . It will be ok for a week or two till his legs straitened yo but after that get him on a varied diet . I'd still give him the puppy food but mix it up change it up abit as tinned tomatoes , sardines . Chicken mince , beef mince. Pasta . Vegetables , ect ect .

[stevo79 569]

Put him a raw mate, there's loads of threads on here about it. Get the goats milk in him

[Astanley 11,576]

Its a calcium deficiency .

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

My brindle bitch had this around the same age. I was hammering good food into her. Loads of chicken, beef, rabbit, tripe, yoghurt, fish, quality biscuit, pasta, bread, cod liver oil.

 

She was just growing too fast for her legs.

 

I put her on real cheap low protein biscuit for about 2 weeks and it sorted her right out. Then I got her back onto the raw but increased the bread and pasta so lowered the protein.

[Wales1234 5,546]

It's calcium had it in a pup few years ago !! Hammer some goats milk in to it and calcium tablets !!

[Adampie8432 824]

Ok thank you all really helped out i'll give him abit of low protein for about 2 weeks with some goats milk then put him on a varied diet an how fully it will sort him out thanks again. Atb adam

[stevo79 569]

I found with my pups I put the goats milk in the microwave for a few seconds it takes the chill off it.

[chrisbullx 2,541]

as Wales said it's rickets lack of calcium plenty of milk,calcium tablets,bone builder & oil atb cbx

[bolty 45]

has been said its a calcium deficancie plenty of good qaulity food and make sure pup his getting plenty of sunlight and it will soon correct it self .

[roybo 2,873]

I've seen it when they are over supplemented on calcium also the one bone grows much quicker than the other,be careful how calcium is given make sure other minerals are given in the right proportions as calcium doesn't work alone it needs the right balance of potassium and phosphates etc to do its job as well as vitamins d and c