I just took my GSD in for first hip and elbow x-rays today and was devastated to find out that he has grad 2 hip dysplasia in his left hip. The vet said it was rare and was probably casused by an accident. He hasn't limped or been in any accident that I know of. The vet said now that he is 12 mnths it is too late to get corrective surgery but to wait and see how it goes when the dog is older. Maybe a replacement at that point. I'm thinking of getting another opinion. I've been training with TTD on my local SAR in Canada and am worried this could hurt his certification or working ability. Next I thinking of informing the breeder but don't want to jump the gun at this point. How commonly is this genetic or just maybe falling the wrong way?
I don`t know about your particular vet but Ive heard that if it`s only in one hip on x-rays it`s often just bad positioning. Getting another one at a vet who does a lot of hip work would make sense even if the first looks good for positioning. Ed`s got an article on it and since most vets are critical of anothers work just getting a second opinion on the x-rays would be good. Hope it turns out well for you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
We had the same experience, only our put x-rayed well at one year and then at two his right hip demonstrated some dysplasia. Our local vet referred us to WSU. They reviewed the x-rays, re-examined the dog and said they were't at all worried about his hip. They told us it is very possible to have one good hip and one dysplastic hip. We were told by the orthopedic surgeon that where one hip is great and the other not so great there will rarely be a problem as the good hip absorbs any problems. There is no arthritis forming in the right or left him and there is no limited movement, pain on palpation, popping out of jt. or anything else. They said he should do great and doubted it would ever give him a problem.
They recommended we exercise him as we are doing, as he is so well muscled that the muscles will help keep the hip in correct position. He said that they tend to see problems where dogs are allowed to get overweight and poorly muscled.
Maybe getting that second opinion would help. Good luck.
If I were you I would take my dog to an orthopedic vet and have them do the x-rays. Unless arthritic changes have started to show up I don't see why the dog couldn't have a tpo procedure. When I took my pup to the vet for x-rays, first time her one hip looked bad, but 6 weeks later the other one had progressed to dysplatic. Hope your vet just took the pics wrong. I know how devistating the news is.
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