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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
RUNNING, COMASSING A -- CHASING A BALL
ARE ALL GREAT EXERCISE FOR DOGS
BUT IT CAN RESULT IN INJURIES.
THEY'RE MORE COMMON THAN YOU
MIGHT THINK.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT PET
ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES AND SURGERY
IS DR.~EDHLUND HE WOULD WITH GENTLE VETS
HAWAII KAI.
AND WE'VE GOT DOC HERE.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE YOU,
DR.~EDHLUND, BUT I'M ALWAYS VERY
HAPPY TO SEE DOC.
HE IS A BEAUTIFUL DOG.
HE'S A PRETTY SPECIAL BOY.
SO TOTALLY RELAXED AND SCHOOL.
Trini: DURING THE
COMMERCIAL BREAK, HE WAS LAYING
ON HIS BACK.
YOU WANT TO GO THERE AND LOVE
HIM UP.
PLUS HE'S AWAY FROM ROSIE.
@HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH
HER.
Trini: HE DOES SEEM CALM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORTHOPEDIC
PRODUCTS.
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON
PROBLEMS?
THE FIRST, ESPECIALLY IN
LARGE DOGS, IS THE HIPS.
I WOULD NOT REQUIRE HAVING A
LARGE DOG WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE
HIPS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE IF
YOU DON'T LOOK INTO IT.
GOOD HIP LOOKED LIKE THIS.
NICE AND SMOOTH.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ARTHRITIC HIP,
IT'S GOING TO END UP LIKE THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY PAINFUL.
A VERY EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE TO
CORRECT.
CORRECTS ARE GOOD.
WE CAN DO A TOTAL HIP REPLACE.
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE DOCKS ON --
DOCS ON THE ISLAND WHO DO IT.
WE PUT A TITANIUM TEM.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
THEY'RE VERY GOOD PROCEDURES,
BUT THEY'RE DIFFICULT, EXPENSIVE
AND NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING
IT.
Trini: WHEN YOU SAY YOU
WOULDN'T BUY A BIG DOG WITH HIP
PROBLEMS?
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
LOOK AT THEIR PARENTS.
I HEAR SO MANY TIMES, I HEAR, I
SAW THEIR PARENTS.
YOU GOT TO GET THE X-RAYS.
ONE DOG CAME INTO THE CLINIC.
HE COMES LEAPING UP THE STAIRS.
HIS HIPS ARE LUXATED.
THEY LOOKED LIKE THIS.
BUT HIS HIPS WERE HORRIBLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT HIM RUN, HE WAS
DOING A PAIN.
LOOK AT THEIR PARENTS' X-RAYS.
WE LOOK AT DOC'S PARENTS' X-RAY
SO THEY'RE GOOD HIPS.
NEXT THING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
IS THE KNEES.
AND THE KNEE OF THE DOG, THE
STIFLE IS DEFINITELY THE MOST
PROBLEMATIC PLACE IN THE DOG'S
AMAT -- ANATOMY AS FAR AS
ORTHOPEDIC.
AS THE DOG WALKS, YOU SEE HE'S
GOT A BENT KNEE.
WE WALK WITH THE STRAITS STRAIGHT KNEE.
EVERY STEP, HE'S STRESSING A
LIGAMENT.
BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH.
AND EVERY -- LITERALLY EVERY
STEP, HE'S STRESSING THAT
LIGAMENT.
AND EVENTUALLY IN A LOT OF TALKS
THAT WILL BREAK.
IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED.
Trini: HOW CAN YOU TREAT
HIP DYSPLASIA AND, SAY, KNEE
INJURY?
IF IT'S A CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
INJURY, THEY NEED SURGERY.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN
DO.
FOR THE KNEE, WE'VE GOT JOINT
INJECTIONS.
WE'VE GOT ADACLAN.
PREVACOX IS TO RELIEVE
INFLAMMATION AND PAIN.
MOST KNEES ARE GOING TO NEED
KNEE SURGERY.
Trini: HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S
HURTING?
DOGS, THE UNWILNESS TO JUMP INTO
THE CAR.
WHERE THEY USED TO BE WILLING.
I USE THAT AS A LAMENESS TEST IN
THE CLINIC.
I GO TO THE STEPS.
IF THEY'RE HAVING A FUNNY WAY OF
LEG INJURY.
IF THEY'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME
GETTING DOWN THE STAIRS.
IF THEY'RE UNWILLING TO GO UP
THE STAIRWAY, YOU PROBLEM GOT
SOME PROBLEM IN THE BACK END.
Trini: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU DO EVERYTHING OF THIS YOUR
OFFICE.
YES.
EACH ONE OF THESE PROCEDURES, WE
HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR A SPECIAL
COURSE AFTER YEARS AND DECADES,
THEN WE HAVE TO GO AWAY AND TAKE
DOING ALL THOSE STUDIES AND
FURTHERING YOUR EDUCATION
BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF OUR
FAMILY.