JUST KEEP her off of ANY KIND of slippery surface. Keeping her on a plush carpet would be best. Keep her nails a bit longer too. NO NEWSPAPER. She will come back up in 2 weeks. IF going to supplement, use CCM+Dogzymes from www.naturesfarmacy.com . Miracle Stuff. Tari Kridler Home of 2003 Amer & Can GVX Kridler's Ruby and her Father 2 x Sel. Amer & Can Ch. Kridler's Quno @ http://www.kridlersgermanshepherds.com & the New List(Advertise, Brag, and post pictures) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHGermanShepherdShowDogsList/join -----Original Message----- From: BonJenShepherds@xxxxxxx To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:10 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Pasterns down one month old pup... Hello everyone, I have a 4 week old puppy (singleton litter) & due to unforeseen circumstances she had to be hand raised. She developed aspiration Pneumonia at just shy of 3 weeks old, she almost died. It took her about 4 days of even start to bounce back from that scare. Her developmental progress was a bit delayed by the illness I think. She's walking now & is very active but her pasterns down (not flat but pretty weak). I am associating this with her muscles being so weakened by illness when she was learning to walk, as I have never had this appear so young in any of my previous litters. So, I thought I would ask the list to see if there might be hope for her pasterns after being down at such a young age & if so what could I try to maybe help them along. Thanks much, Bonnie Jenkins BonJen Shepherds _www.BonJen.com_ (http://www.BonJen.com) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================