Hes been getting Glucosamine HCl 1500 mg Chondroitin 1200 mg...
I pushed it to quickly didnt i ...

Try not to beat yourself up! I know when I had my GSD with hip dysplasia, I wished I could just let her off-lead like a normal dog, it was heartbreaking having to restrict her exercise. I did become a little bit more lax when it became obvious she'd never be "fixed" (didn't have the right temperament for hip replacements, would've been far too stressful to go through the whole thing - and twice, as both hips were terrible) so she'd get the odd run around, I knew I'd have to up her pain relief and give her a quiet few days afterwards but that situation was a little different - I knew we didn't have loads of time left and wanted her to enjoy what she could.
You have loads of time to get your boy back to that stage and as you've seen, what doesn't seem like a huge step can really set you back quite a bit. Try little steps for a while and see how things go, I imagine it's a bit of a catch 22 - lack of exercise prevents the muscles rebuilding, lack of muscles limits the amount of exercise. I'm sure that if you start off slow, you'll reach a point where he seems to snowball into recovering and you can up the pace a little more

the bold bit explains..no u havnt pushed it to quickly

So many strange ideas online lol
Someone was saying to attach a coin under the paw of the good leg so your dog favours the weaker leg ..lol
It might work but it made me laugh for some reason ,,

Having had a muscle injury myself I'd say it could be a mix. I know that I could pace myself and slowly increase what I could do, without medication, or I could dose myself up on anti-inflammatories and achieve a little bit more. I certainly preferred the first approach, considering potential side effects of NSAIDs.

A vet trip to see whether vet thinks he still needs the medication could certainly be worth it though

short courses of nsaid's do no harm as long as liver/kidney function are fine to start with.

its not the pain killing aspect at this point its the anti-inflams and should be weaned off not just stopped

Ozzie went to his first hydrotheropy test session ..
Very proud of my boy by the end he was sitting on the treadmill both doors closed with the pre water noise going..we had him going in and out on his own ...
The lady in pets@home was very helpful...so booked a proper session with the same lady next week..

whats this then ..lol

Awh, bless him! Brave boy.

Aww - thats great - Tassle hated Hydro to start with, she did not like the spa bath at all....



But when she realised it was a good place to play - she started dragging me in



I hope Ozzy gets to that point