Cookie at the vet (Gary Reyes, MercuryNews.com)
Expensive, but promising for those who can afford it:
Cookie hadn’t been herself for awhile.
The 13 1/2-year-old Australian shepherd mix increasingly had trouble lying down and getting up. She saw stairs as her mortal enemy, and one of her legs had started giving out on walks, causing her to stumble or fall.
Ed Tani of Hayward was terrified the end was near for his old friend. Then he came across an article about a revolutionary new treatment for arthritic dogs — stem cell therapy. The treatment had been used with great success in horses for years, but more and more veterinarians are adding the patented Vet-Stem Regenerative Cell therapy to their medical bag of tricks.
Results have been good in most dogs treated, and the treatment can also be repeated for much less expense, since the cells, once harvested, are kept for future use.
It worked for me!!