Posts tagged ‘hip replacement’

I would really appreciate the help of a bulldog breeder to help me out with this question. I understand that english bulldogs have shallow hip sockets (acromyons) so the head of the femur is held in place more with muscle rather than the suction force that I know humans have. I have a 4 month [...]

My rescued Labradoodle has bad hip dysplasia. He shows almost no symptoms. He is 3 years old. I saw his X-rays and the hip is clearly out-of-place and developing arthritis. He weighs about 80 pounds. There are two types of surgeries: One involves hip replacement. The other involves removing the ball of the femur and [...]

My dog has severe hip dysplaisia. She has a consultation with the surgeon coming up. She will get the surgery, no doubt about it, but will it put her in more pain, or ease it off? We take her for walks around the front yard everyday. The vet said a THR (Total Hip Replacement) is [...]

Cheyenne has had problems for the past year and is getting progressively worse. He is on meds and at one point they did seem to slow the progression of the disease. Now he can barely get up to take care of ‘business’. He is not a candidate for hip replacement due to his age. We [...]

My dog is only 4 1/2 years old. He is an English Shepherd. He only has it in the right hip with no arthritis yet. Is there anything I can do to help him other than surgery right now? Can we do anything to stop the progression of this dreaded disease? Please help we do [...]

Hi, on Monday my husband and I found out that our lovely little 10 month old puppy Milly has sever hip dysplasia. She is a beautiful little dog with a wonderful personality and I’m totally dismayed by the diagnosis and really struggling at the moment. She is on pain and anti-inflammation medicine and will be [...]

Last week I picked up a short term18m/o border collie foster who had undiagnosed Avasular necrosis. On intake I was told he was aggressive and failed his temperament test but everybody loved him when he was in a "good mood". I noticed he was guarded and occasionally had a rear limp which seemed to be [...]

My GSD is 8 months old and is 46 lbs, since I got her from breed rescue 2 mos. ago she has shown signs of dysplasia in the way she walks, a swaying gait. She has some muscle atrophy in legs, she has trouble getting up from laying down, sometimes hurts her because she’ll whine [...]