severe hip dysplasia
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| You need to find an orthopedic surgeon for dogs. Hip replacements are a possibility, but wll cost as much as a new car. I'm so sorry about you and your pup. If that's not $$$ feasible, there are "wheelchairs" for dogs......carts that would take the pressure off her rear legs when the pain gets excessive. |
| I'm copying/pasting from your other post to make sure you have the info. Remember that it is just one case... it would be best to consult with an ortho vet who specializes in this. I'm glad we went with the FHO rather than total hip replacement. She fell once during recovery and could have messed up the implant. Quote: It's a sad condition.  I don't know how Panda compares to Chloe based on words. This is a poor picture but it's of an x-ray done at 9 months while with her 2nd owner (first named Panda, then named Madison, and back to Panda because she responded better to it  .)http://www.oesusa.com/MadisonXray.jpg Panda participated in a hip dysplasia gene study back in May 2006 and this is one of the x-rays that we sent in. She was around 19 months at that time- http://oesusa.com/PandaXray2.jpg Is an FHO an option? Treatment can also depend on how the dog is responding to their individual condition. Some do well despite horrible x-rays, others with less severe looking x-rays maybe completely lame. I'm sure there are other deciding factors too. Panda arrived at about 10 1/2 months of age. She lacked muscle, stumbled over her feet and was in pain... could be mobile for maybe 5 minutes, then had to sit. I fully expected we'd need to do surgery right away. But she slowly improved over the next couple of months and she was able to delay surgery until last April 2012 when she was about 7 1/2 years old. She had an FHO down at Michigan State University. Yet another thing I never updated- http://www.oesusa.com/PandaFHO.htm but she is doing much better. She does tend to favor the other hip at times... we were told that might happen. She will never be a long distance walker or athlete but she can run in the backyard, pounce, jump up on the bed, do steps and play (though she's not much of a dog-dog, rather more of a people-dog). When excited and asked to sit, the leg goes out to the side in a funny way but it doesn't appear to phase her. She IS on pain meds daily though- 1/2 Prevacox and 1 Tramadol divided into 2 doses. Just what we did... kept her lean, limited the type of exercise/play and allowed her to self-limit what she could do (they need muscle to help them compensate for what's lacking in the back end), supplements http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... 84&aid=444 . I wish you and your girl the very best. |
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