Doing My Research

Call it the school nerd in me, but once I hear about something I'm interested in, I must scour the internet until I find out every detail known to man about it. So as you can imagine, my mind has been reeling and frustrated with only dictionary definition type explanations in regard to Ollie's diagnosis. I searched for nearly an hour yesterday and finallly made some headway, finally got some answers! As I had known, the disease was a result of growth and would be fully outgrown by the time the puppy had stopped growing-but what I didn't know was that I could make the growing stop and a whole lot of other things. First of all, on the official Weimaraner website and several others, there was research stating that a large boned puppy or any in general of a large breed should be switched to an adult food at the age of 8 weeks to prevent un-natural and rapid growth. Oliver came from a reputable breeder, however they had him on puppy food PLUS were supplementing him with goats milk...HELLO HIGH PROTEIN AMOUNTS. He is a very large boy and from what I can see, they were over doing it. I honestly believe that his extreme exposure to vast amounts of protein are what sent him into this Pano spiral. The research recommends that you immediately switch to a natural holistic brand and will soon see the results. So, last night I went to the store (thank God again for Wild Oats) and purchased a brand called Wellness. It was one that was recommended. It was also said that vet visits can't really accomplish much, that it is something they will just have to out grow. So, this may perhaps seem like a bunch of rambling, but I did want to write this to inform any of you who may in the future want to purchase a large breed, long boned puppy. If you do so, please immediately switch it's food to a high quality adult food after you bring it home from the breeder. This obviously isn't the same in every situation, due to the fact that Sophie never had any issues, but she's also not as BIG as Oliver is and will be. However, just to be safe, please take the precautions to avoid such a terrible disease! Learn from our mistakes and misinformation.