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My 8-year-old dog's leg joint pain isn't improving. What helps?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Longhaired Pointer | Male | unneutered | 65 lbs

My dog name is browny nd age is 8 years old. He is having leg joint pain from past 3 weeks, I am using these medicine from 10 days. There is no total recovery, can you explain about it and what medicines to use

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Answered By Jessica Keay, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 20th, 2019

I am sorry to hear about Browny. You don't mention what medicine you have been using or if any testing has been done. This leg is significantly swollen, if she has not had an x-ray done yet, this would be the next step in determining what may be causing her issue.

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