Cherri, Arnica ( Arnica Montana) is an herbal, totally natural, not a drug, that I would not be without for myself, my friends or my dogs. It is indicated for inflammation and swelling (this is exactly what pano is). Surgeons are prescribing it now to be taken just before surgery and for three days after. Important is that it does not mask the pain, It reduces the inflammation and swelling, easily seen in X-rays of pano. It is available in three forms: tablets, tincture, salve. The tablets are to be dissolved under the tongue ( most dogs do not care for this as it takes about forty of the tiny things). Although I sometimes use the salve for my arthritis flare-ups, and it works, the tincture is the best for most and certainly for the dogs. Four or five drops down the throat is adequate although the directions say to put it in a glass of water. The dogs are going to drink a glass of water ? I'm not even going to do that when I take it myself. The important thing is that it does not mask the pain, something I would consider harmful. It is magic for a human turned ankle, sprained wrist, wrenched knee, etc. The real beauty is that is is totally safe. Carolyn --- On Tue, 5/18/10, cheradongsd@xxxxxxx <cheradongsd@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: cheradongsd@xxxxxxx <cheradongsd@xxxxxxx> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] pano & showing To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 12:46 PM Hi all, I have a young male (1 1/2 yrs old) who seems to have developd Pano in his front leg-of course this was 3 days after entries closed on 2 shows he is now entered in for this coming weekend. My question is--what can I give him to ease the pain so he dosent limp? I have some tramadol left from my Jenna's operation last fall--that is an antiinflamitory, non-steroidal pain med-that is widely used for arthritis in dogs-I could use that-or is there something else--without spending lots of $ at the vet? Thanks, Cheri Cheri Hunt Cheradon Shepherds http://www.cheradonshepherds.com/index.html Home of Ch. Cheradon AchtungErynbrook Molokai, TC, OFA H&E, PA,TH,CA, Eyes Cert. and Certificate of Health Merit Excellent from the GSDCA (aka Ch. Mikey) ===========================================================================POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================