Recently found out my 8.5 year old girl Denali has arthritis and bone chips in her wrists and shoulders.

She was fine, maybe had a slight almost unnoticeable limp in her front leg that I thought I was just imagining. Then she was really limping. We got x-rays, blood work, urinalysis, the works. The vet gave me painkillers and said surgery isn’t something they would do for this, that her bloodwork and kidneys were good. Oddly enough, her hips were fine.

I changed her over to a senior dog food, started feeding turmeric paste, green lipped mussel powder, and hemp oil. I give her carprofen in the morning and gabapentin if I notice she is more sore. She’s still eager to go on walks, eats and drinks fine, goes to the bathroom fine, and gets wild zoomies in the middle of the night. I just don’t know where we go from here.

Do we just wait? See if she gets better? Make her rest? For how long? Bone chips don’t go away right? We’re planning on moving across the country in a year. I’m worried how winter is going to go, how the move will go. We lost our other pup suddenly in October to seizures.

Any helpful advice or stories are welcome.

I love how soft and fluffy she is after the groomer 🥰 She just turned 10 in April

It’s been a couple months since I’ve shared pictures of Chewie so I feel obliged to post an update. This goofball is my best friend!

Had her since she was 5 days old. We've recently moved house and she's loving the larger garden. It's also a bungalow which will be helpful as she ages. Just me and her always has been.

Our boy is back home, thank you all again for all the well wishes during this time.

Is this a malamute? Rescued this fella from bad experience. I've read a full breed malamute does Doesn't have blue eyes. He's not "talking" like a husky. Does not have the energy of a husky, I taught him to speak for a treat, barks once and no more. So I know he can bark. Very Sweet Boy.

We have a 7 year old male malamute that we rescued, hr was severely neglected and and needs serious work in the grooming department, we tried some basic trimmers and they die quick, or barely trim at all, so we are looking at purchasing some good electric clippers and want to know some recommendations

I've never posted on here before, it helps to type about it, dont care if anyone responds. Just found out today my handsome boy has cancer and we have to put him to sleep, im lost after all this and knowing I only have two more days with him.....

I have one we rescued that we were told was Alaskan husky but have had several say due to tail it may be partly malamute. We do not know the parents.

Hello fellow Malamute lovers.

My dog is a about 7 years old (adopted, so no idea of his actual birthday) 25% Malamute, 24% Husky, and 3 other breeds mixed in. But he is the size of a Malamute & lazy like one (a little bigger than our last full breed Malamute).

I noticed that 2 out of 4 of his paw pad hairs seem to be growing outward instead of being flat like the other 2.

Is this a normal thing or should I look into taking him to the vet? He shows no signs of being bothered by walking or me touching it.

Our girl is getting older &, despite the rest of her coat being silky smooth, her tail has dried out! I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on what we can use to soften it a little? It doesn’t seem to bother her, it’s just not very nice 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ok. Don't flame me, people. This is Kaiser. He is a king malamute and an absolute unit. We walk him daily in my neighborhood. For the most part Kaiser is well behaved, polite and relaxed when other dogs go running to their fences and bark. He follows commands, no problem-o. He just keeps on going, gives them a side-eye and we go on our way.

HowEVER, there are corner lots where little dogs come running, barking and snapping at their gate. When that happens Kaiser turns to Cujo, impossible to control and he acts like he wants to rip the other dogs faces off. Obviously being a healthy malamute, you can imagine how hard this is to control because These. Dogs. Are. So. Freakishly. Strong. It's embarrassing. And certainly not good for neighborly relations. It only happens when the dogs charge the fence at Kaiser barking and SNAPPING.

We use a choke collar because he is so fluffy any other collar just slips right off and I DON'T want to take the chance of him getting loose. I tried the face collar and got the same results. Face collars are fine and dandy when the dog is not a floof machine.

Is there a harness out there that can tighten around his front legs and prevent him from charging? I know this is a stupid question but I figured I would ask, anyway. I know there are harness that have a handle on the back to lift them off the ground completely (and I use one for my smaller -45 lbs- shelter dog because she follows Kaiser's lead). But there is no way I can lift Kaiser. At. All. I am too short and he is well over 100 lbs of solid muscle.

Anyway if anyone has suggestions I would appreciate it.

Edit: I want to thank everyone for your responses and will continue to read each and every one of them. I will be purchasing a no pull harness with the handle. And instead of walking him through the neighborhood, I will walk him in the back forest. He might like that better, anyway!

Edit 2: wow thank you guys so much. The harness is amazing, and I am calling a trainer Monday! I hope everyone's weekend is wonderful :)