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Dogs are good at hiding pain and tend to adapt their movement to minimise it. This makes it difficult to assess where pain is located and how bad it is. Andy Armitage and Hannah Capon start their discussion by looking at tools available at specialist centres which provide objective measurement such as stance analysers, gait analysers, goniometers, pain andrometers and Gulick tape measures. They stress the importance of using tools to monitor how effective any intervention has been and discuss options for owners using first opinion vets such as owner questionnaires, quality of life assessments and client specific outcome measures (CSOMs). The use of these observational tools can really improve the management of a dog’s arthritis as well as avoiding the caregiver placebo effect.

Every CAM LIVE finishes with Ten Top Tips for managing your arthritic dog (from 48:06 in this video).

Andy Armitage is Clinical Director of Greenside Regenerative Therapies in the Scottish Borders. His special interests include advanced regenerative therapy techniques and rehabilitation.

Relevant resources include:
CAM’s chronic pain indicator chart – https://caninearthritis.co.uk/wp-cont...
Vetmetrica – https://www.vetmetrica.com/Auth/Login
Assessing chronic pain – https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/...
Management of chronic pain – https://veterinary-practice.com/artic...
Canine Brief Pain Inventory (Penn Vet) – https://www.vet.upenn.edu/.../our.../...
Quality of life – https://vcahospitals.com/.../quality-....


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Canine Arthritis Management (CAM) is a veterinary driven initiative, set up by vet Hannah Capon who was becoming overwhelmed with the number of dogs she was having to put to sleep having "gone off their legs". This was often seen by the owners as a sudden incident, when in truth that dog had probably been suffering in silence for a long time prior to that day. In fact, we believe that as many as 1 in 5 dogs in the UK, and 80% of dogs over the age of 8, will have some degree of osteoarthritis. Unlike humans, dogs are unable to express their pain in words. Chronic pain is no doubt something most people will understand and empathise with, but it can be difficult to tell when a dog is suffering in the same way. We want to challenge the preconceived notion that "just getting old" or "slowing down" should be accepted in our four footed companions. Ageing in itself is not a disease! Here at CAM we think that by changing owner, vet and public perception of arthritis, we can improve and extend the lives of dogs.