Lorri Rowlett wrote 07/09/2004 09:54 AM Curved Femur? #15752 - 07/09/2004 09:54 AM
Lorri Rowlett Webboard User Reg: 05-25-2004 Posts: 4 Loc: Offline	My dog is a 24 month bitch who has a curved right femur. The vet tells me that this is genetic. True? I have been very careful to limit excersise and kept excess weight off of her, and it is just one femur, not both. She is DDR on top and west German/Netherlands on bottom. Has this been a problem for anyone else? Thank you, Lorri Rowlett
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Stephan R Weber wrote 07/09/2004 10:33 AM Re: Curved Femur? [Re: Lorri Rowlett ] #15753 - 07/09/2004 10:33 AM
Stephan R Weber Webboard User Reg: 02-16-2004 Posts: 215 Loc: Des Moines, Iowa Offline	I had a whippet bitch born with her legs crossed at the hocks. They must have crossed early in her development, because they were not easy to to uncross (which I did when she was whelped, of course). She had a curved femur, tibia and fibula from it and needed surgery later because her patella would slip. Of course she was a pet and never bred. So perhaps it could be caused by positioning as a fetus? I've seen malamutes with the kind of dwarfism that can occur either in the front only or front and back, but I'd be really surprised at something like that affecting only one limb. Does it bow to the "outside"? Is it malformed in any other way than the bowing? I'm sorry I don't have much to add beyond curiosity and sympathy... Tig, my best friend and heart http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v299/ashkelon/Weber_Dog2.jpg http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v299/ashkelon/Weber_Dog1.jpg
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Lorri Rowlett wrote 07/09/2004 10:48 AM Re: Curved Femur? [Re: Lorri Rowlett ] #15754 - 07/09/2004 10:48 AM
Lorri Rowlett Webboard User Reg: 05-25-2004 Posts: 4 Loc: Offline	In the x-ray, it curves out as she was laid on her back. Elbows are great, tib/fib fine. There is no dwarfism, she is 24.5 at the wither and 74 pounds now at 24 months. It was just the one bone... Lorri
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