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That is so sad Mrose 
I'm sorry about your boy (((hugs))). When you had him desexed did they check his hips then for you or was there no indication of dysplasia then? I have never owned a dog with bad hips before but I have seen plenty of that when I was a vet tech, very sad. Keep us updated on his health. Hopefully you can do something to help him
I'm sorry about your boy (((hugs))). When you had him desexed did they check his hips then for you or was there no indication of dysplasia then? I have never owned a dog with bad hips before but I have seen plenty of that when I was a vet tech, very sad. Keep us updated on his health. Hopefully you can do something to help him 
when we first moved here, we noticed he was a bit stiff, we found a couple of ticks on him and figured we should take them to the vet to check that they are not paralysis ticks. now we know how to recognise them and what signs to look for.
the vet noticed his hips seemed stiff and felt them and said i felt like dysplasia, that was a couple of months ago but we've only recently had the money for the xrays, plus they don't seem to be causing him heaps of pain...yet. so we're hoping for the best really.
any herbal remedies that might ease pain or whatever?
the vet noticed his hips seemed stiff and felt them and said i felt like dysplasia, that was a couple of months ago but we've only recently had the money for the xrays, plus they don't seem to be causing him heaps of pain...yet. so we're hoping for the best really.
any herbal remedies that might ease pain or whatever?
FWIW, apparently reading hip x-rays is somewhat of an art form and it also requires that the x-rays be really good shots.
Before I would put my young dog through surgery, I would want those x-rays repeated in a f6 months and I would get them OFA or Penn Hip'd. Then you'll really know where you stand.
I'm not sure what breed your dog is, but I now with some larger breeds, when they go through a period of rapid growth and they have fairly loose joints, things can appear or be much worse than they might be later on. (which is why you can't OFA or Penn hip before age 2 I believe) That's why I would do some conservative therapy for a while and reasses. If it was me I'd do physio and do aquatherapy, make sure the dog is on the very thin end of healthy weight range, try adequan or some other anti-inflammatories if need be and get on some joint supplements like Glyco flex and also some fish body oil and vit E. Arnica (homeopathic) is really helpful if the dog over exerts and ends up sore. It's also dirt cheap and very fast acting.
The Golden I board and trained in April was pretty lame and awkward with HD last winter. He was diagnosed at just under a year with HD. His whole back end looked loose. He couldn't jump into the back of my van (quite low). He was also quite chubby and very tall for a Golden. After
4 -5 months on anti inflammatories (he did the monthly injection of .... cartrophen I think) and getting his weight down, some gentle excercise and physio, he is a new dog. It was quite amazing to see how getting him slim and fit changed everything. Going from 90 lbs to 85lbs made a huge difference. I think he also just needed time for his body to adjust to his growth spurt. Anyway, that's just my personal experience but I thought it might offer some hope.
Before I would put my young dog through surgery, I would want those x-rays repeated in a f6 months and I would get them OFA or Penn Hip'd. Then you'll really know where you stand.
I'm not sure what breed your dog is, but I now with some larger breeds, when they go through a period of rapid growth and they have fairly loose joints, things can appear or be much worse than they might be later on. (which is why you can't OFA or Penn hip before age 2 I believe) That's why I would do some conservative therapy for a while and reasses. If it was me I'd do physio and do aquatherapy, make sure the dog is on the very thin end of healthy weight range, try adequan or some other anti-inflammatories if need be and get on some joint supplements like Glyco flex and also some fish body oil and vit E. Arnica (homeopathic) is really helpful if the dog over exerts and ends up sore. It's also dirt cheap and very fast acting.
The Golden I board and trained in April was pretty lame and awkward with HD last winter. He was diagnosed at just under a year with HD. His whole back end looked loose. He couldn't jump into the back of my van (quite low). He was also quite chubby and very tall for a Golden. After
4 -5 months on anti inflammatories (he did the monthly injection of .... cartrophen I think) and getting his weight down, some gentle excercise and physio, he is a new dog. It was quite amazing to see how getting him slim and fit changed everything. Going from 90 lbs to 85lbs made a huge difference. I think he also just needed time for his body to adjust to his growth spurt. Anyway, that's just my personal experience but I thought it might offer some hope.
thanks, he's a cattledog/border collie.
but he is as smart as th bc and acd put together! though very stubborn and dominant so he's tricky, the cattledog part of him means he gains weight SO easily and eventhough he does a lot of excercise, its hard to get it off him.
i did start taking more notice of busters food intake though and he gets a lot less biscuits then what he used to, so i'm feeding harry the same amount as buster. i'm not going to deny that harry is overweight. manly because in the last house we were getting complaints from the neighbours for his barking (due to a very open fence) so he ended up just getting food every time he barked to shut him up.
new house, panel fencing, can see nothign except soemtimes the dog through the slits in the fence on one side so he hardly barks now.
i think mum would like to wait 6 months and see again but the vet said within a couple of months the surgery (cutting some tendons or something ) might not be as effective because its designed for pups under 12 months.
we're also going to contact our last vet and talk to him about it to.
but he is as smart as th bc and acd put together! though very stubborn and dominant so he's tricky, the cattledog part of him means he gains weight SO easily and eventhough he does a lot of excercise, its hard to get it off him.
i did start taking more notice of busters food intake though and he gets a lot less biscuits then what he used to, so i'm feeding harry the same amount as buster. i'm not going to deny that harry is overweight. manly because in the last house we were getting complaints from the neighbours for his barking (due to a very open fence) so he ended up just getting food every time he barked to shut him up.
new house, panel fencing, can see nothign except soemtimes the dog through the slits in the fence on one side so he hardly barks now.
i think mum would like to wait 6 months and see again but the vet said within a couple of months the surgery (cutting some tendons or something ) might not be as effective because its designed for pups under 12 months.
we're also going to contact our last vet and talk to him about it to.