Well, I just got my happy girl home. She seems a bit tired but otherwise - no harm no foul.

Yes, I know Keegan needs to lose about another 10 pounds or so - that is my first priority.....
There is a new kind of food that they are offering actually they were having a mini seminar on it when I got there - the reps were packing up their slide projector etc. Dr. said that it might benefit her but it wouldn't help with her weight.
I told him my first priority is getting about 10 more pounds off her then I would consider switching to the J/D food.
He said there is also supplements etc of course to give her BUT by switching her to the food that would elminate the need for supplements. He gave me a bottle of Rimadyl for as needed basis. Like days before the dog park, etc.
Now before you freak out - I asked him about aspirin and Rimadyl and he said absolutely do not mix them. (good to know)
I told him I had heard that Rimadyl caused liver damage and failure, and he said yes but aspirin causes it quicker. And since it will be as needed she won't be getting it routinely. And failure and damage shows up in dogs that have been on it for a legnth of 4-6 years. And after getting her weight down, if I choose to put her on the J/D food that would elimate the need for Rimadyl also.
He also mentioned there are injections that you can give the dog times a week for a month then once a month following. I don't remember what he called it now but it is similiar to the Synvisc injections in humans. (My dad had them - replaces the fluid in the joints that are bone on bone.) I don't think she is a canidate for them now, but he said that he had given them to dogs that were carried into the office and after a few injections were able to bounce out of the office.
This is doable. I am confident in the treatment.
I am also relieved the the mild diagnosis. I always knew that she could have it b/c of her coming from basically a backyard breeder. (no lectures - she was a gift- given to me after Shaianne died)
they xrayed her all the way down to her feet and said everything else worked and looked great. Last nite before actually talking to, I was thoroughly convinced she either had dysplasia so bad she would need a replacement or had bone cancer, -- occupational hazard.