Sillymooo Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Does anyone know of a deep heat for dogs? My Gypsy doesnt realise shes getting on in years and goes after a ball as if she were still a pup. She manages to keep up, but boy does she suffer for it later! The muscles on the inside of her back legs right near her tail become as hard as rocks and she finds it hard to walk or get comfortable. I gave her a hot shower down once with a small massage and that seemed to help, but i cant bath her everytime she goes for a walk, so i would really like to find something like our version of deep heat to massage in. i'm sure our deep heat would be too strong to use and nasty if she licked it off! Any ideas anyone please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 (edited) Does anyone know of a deep heat for dogs?My Gypsy doesnt realise shes getting on in years and goes after a ball as if she were still a pup. She manages to keep up, but boy does she suffer for it later! The muscles on the inside of her back legs right near her tail become as hard as rocks and she finds it hard to walk or get comfortable. I gave her a hot shower down once with a small massage and that seemed to help, but i cant bath her everytime she goes for a walk, so i would really like to find something like our version of deep heat to massage in. i'm sure our deep heat would be too strong to use and nasty if she licked it off! Any ideas anyone please? Although in Joyce's case it was probably mal treatment rather than old age a decent diet (chicken & mixer) and a spoonful of cod liver oil each night made a big improvement in her mobility very quickly. As for heat rubs etc I havent needed to try it but the following article might be of interest http://www.pion-tc.co.uk/pet_care_emu_oil.html Alternatively, whilst again I havent tried it & it's not stated to be for pets so you may need to ask but there's a natural based muscle rub & various pet elixirs here http://www.naturalunity.com/product/asp/Pr...432/af/page.htm Edited March 9, 2007 by Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtle Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 not sure about deep heat, but you could try one of those heated pads warmed and placed on her legs if she can't move too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 What about a hot water bottle while you're finding out about creams etc? Creams would have to be safe to eat as they're likely to be licked off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyM Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I've been looking for some for Dharma's hock and found this site: http://www.scentaur.com/massage01.htm My OH has a bad back and we use a massage oil with black pepper in and it is pretty warming, so I may have to try the joint rub oil on there for Dharma. I think they also do a warming spray on there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 You can get funny squishy gel bags that you can either microwave or freeze, I expect a chemist would have them as they're the same for humans. I took my old rottie to a physio and he taught me how to massage him using big long strokes with my palm towards his heart firstly along either side of his spine then little tiny circular movements with two fingers up each side of the spine (not on it) pressing hard-ish so you can feel the texture of the muscle and then repeating the long strokes and circular movements on his back and front legs - five mins for each a couple of times a day. Also to use the bags after the massage. Different ailments respond better to heat or cold but I can't remember which way around it was. He is also a great believer in slow walking to improve muscle tone and gait - he recommends lead walking very slowly so that a dog can think about placing each paw on the floor, building it up over time and using inclines. It all seemed to help, I did use a magnet collar as well and that reduced the amount of pain killers he was on too. You can get a couple of muscle rubs from Hyperdrug http://www.hyperdrug.com/prodinfo.asp?number=COMFOIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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