Hip Dysplasia in Dogs - Page 1

my 9 month old german shepherd  male  limps  while he walks also he used to sit a lot ,i took him to vet n done xrays , he found hip dysplasia ,in one lag ,plz i need a help to treat this problem
anyone can come up n tell me if there is any madicine to used . to Treat Hip Dysplasia in Dogs
thnx

i too thought the same as yu mo when i read the original post.i had a young dog scored a just over a year who said that the plates did not look good....score 5-3.then years later the same vet told me that the x rays on a bitch of approx 3 yrs were excellent and recommended me to send for scoring?????.always sent them off to BVA regardless of how they looked.the resulting score.....8-8.so see Sajid vets dont know how to score tho.some do have idea of approx.what the score may be.even if your male does have HD on one leg,it doesnt mean he wont have a long quality of life.i had a male who was x rayed at about the same age as your male......one hip looked dislocated,it was well out of the socket.on x.ray at 1 yr.score came back....3-45.this male lived to 13yrs,only had trouble with his hip from about 10-11 yrs and only in the winter/early spring months when it was cold and damp.rest of the time he ran around the field playing happily with my other gsds.he was put to sleep aged 13 yrs because he had a torsion.if your shepherd is diagnosed with HD,i would suggest swimming at a canine hydropool and as mo said regular gentle excercise.is he only limping on that one leg or does the limping shift from one leg to another as it could be pano.(growing pains).and i believe with this condition your pup should be rested.no doubt if i,m wrong about pano.someone will tell yu.Carolesorry Sajid in the uk,the lower the numbers the better it is and each score should be as even as possible so yu see the animal the vet said was bad was indeed very good but the 2nd animal were the vet said was excellent were in fact fair and worse than the 1st dog.good luck with him.Carole S.

Some times Pups will show more pain if they do have HD during the  growth phase, often once past this phase and the joints settled and secured the dog returnes to relitive normality, I have had 2 dogs  diagnosed with early HD the worst was at 4mths,X-rayed at 12 mths the plates came back with a 76 total, after this dog reached 15mths it never ever suffered from his hips, and with regular exercise and swimming would clear a 6ft scale in a bound.
As the others have suggested, good exercise and a good weight is the key to maintaining  dysplastic dogs,
If the pup is experiencing pain ask your vet to give you something , Often Metacam is given, hope pup improves

Glucosomine and chondrotine (spelling?)  good stuff for hips  not a cure all but should help

Good luck!

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