My male fawn pug has hips that pop out of place and are very bad but he is about 10 pounds over weight?

Question

and isn't very long he looks like a football how can he lose weight and not hurt

Answer 1

It is called hip dysplasia. He does need to loose weight. It is a genetic disease. Don't let him breed as you don't want to pass this painful disease on to puppies.

If only one hip is affected you might choose an amputation so the other leg could bear weight with no pain. They can do hip surgery replacements now. It is very expensive, but a choice if both hips are damaged. If you choose not to do that, you will be able to use pain killers and anti-inflammatories to help control it for as long as possible. This is a progressive degenerative disease, so you will eventually have to make some hard decisions for your dog. Nothing you could have done would have prevented it. Nothing you ever did or didn't do caused it. It is a genetic disease seen in purebreds.

Answer 2

my roly poly little bichon needed to lose weight, and nothing seemed to be working. When i cut down his food he'd act like he was starving. Then we tried green beans. They have basically no calories, but they filled him up. We mix green beans ( i get them in a bag frozen, and just let them thaw and store them in the fridge.) with a very good quality dog food, and he can fill up safely. Start with about half the amount of food he is eating now, and add beans. Weigh him in two weeks. If he has not lost weight, reduce the dog food and increase the beans. If he seems to be losing too fast, increase the food. And add exercise if you can. I know that's very hard with a dog who has bad hips, but swimming is a good alternative for dogs who can't bear weight...although pugs aren't natural swimmers so you'd have to help him do that. You can use a harness to help support him in the water (even a kid's pool is usually deep enough for a shrt dog to swim). You may find that as he swims more his muscles will develop a bit more and help hold his hips in place better, too.

Answer 3

You're right, losing weight will help this doggy quite a bit

What are you currently feeding him on? I'm assuming exercise is difficult given his condition. I would advise getting the support of a vet, and some diet food. I run weight clinics (I'm a vet nurse) and I put my patients on Hills r/d or RCW Obesity Diet. Even the less active ones lose weight just fine on this, you just feed them the required daily amount for the weight you want them to be. These diets are good stuff.

Chalice

Answer 4

Pugs have major hip dysplasia problems, I would take your pug to the vet. And the vet should put your pup on diet food. Probably Hills Prescription.

Answer 5

Feed your dog a premium diet like, Science Diet, Eukanuba, Nutro, or Pro Plan. It is best for your dog to loose weight slowly. Feed him twice a day and measure how much food you give him. Because of the hip problems it's probably painful to do intense exercise, maybe look into your local pet friendly ponds, lakes, or pools, and take ur little friend swimming.

Answer 6

Take him into the vet and have the vet evaluate how much weight he needs to lose. Also he needs to be evaluated for his hips to see how bad they are.
OFA-Orthopedic Foundation for Animals has information on hip dysplasia.

Answer 7

Talk to your vet about his hips. Sounds like displasia, which may eventually require surgery.

He definitely needs to lose weight, and the best way to do that is to get him on real food and off of commercial food and to exercise him more.

Answer 8

Feed him less and exercise him more.

You may also need to check with the vet to make sure his joints are okay. He could very well have hip dysplasia and it needs to be treated.

Answer 9

I've always loved the name Marty for a male pug. =)