Hip x-ray opinions please!

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by DebiSue on 20 October 2010 - 17:10

I wish we could see more of the spine...I'm no expert but it looks funny to me. Does anyone see what looks like a jammed up area where the base of the tail would be? Could be the positioning and could be the pelvis casting shadows...just looks funky to me. Maybe that's why she limps. The hips look good to me so I'm with everyone else, no surgery needed there.

by duke1965 on 20 October 2010 - 17:10

for a four year old or any other age these hips are not goo at all , but not so bad that it needs an operation

major problems with hips like these are overweight and undertrained dogs , in other words , no one else to blame than the owners , not intentionally , but anyway if you cant or wont take care of your dog , dont get one

even a dog with great hips shouldnot be overweight and weak on the muscles because of lack of training etc , IMO

by Jenni78 on 20 October 2010 - 21:10

If the same vet took those xrays, then not only do we have VCFD, but also a cranial-rectal insertion problem (with the vet, not the dog.) Terrible xrays, hips look fine, dog could be limping for literally THOUSANDS of reasons. I had one limp, owners freaked....turned out she pinched her TOE in her crate. Sprained or broken toe...can't remember which. A fat dog or an out of shape dog is also way more likely to injure itself...like I said, could be any number of things, not the least of which could be spinal.

If she were mine and it didn't subside quickly, I'd take her to a chiropractor. Hard to tell from that pic, but the spine may need attention.

by boonern on 23 October 2010 - 15:10

I have learned alot from this site about xrays and positioning of the dogs. http://leerburg.com/hipart.htm
I tried to make it so that it would be a clickable link but it wont work this time. I did copy and paste and then test the copy and paste and got the site.
Great site for some education on hips and xrays. The man has given oppinions on xrays posted to him as well.
Good Luck with all.
Tracy

by Ryanhaus on 24 October 2010 - 13:10

Here ya go!

http://leerburg.com/hipart.htm

by july9000 on 24 October 2010 - 14:10

I don't see anything wrong with those hips!!
Look somewhere else for the limping...it's not the hip that's for sure!

by Prager on 24 October 2010 - 19:10

Dogs do not limp at 4 years of age because of hips like this. There is other problem. 100%
Prager Hans
http://www.alpinek9.com

by Ryanhaus on 27 October 2010 - 16:10

Hello everyone,

I have just heard back from the owner, she got a second opinion from an ortho vet, and the dog has a torn or ruptured ACL, she is having surgery tomorrow to repair it, in a way that's a big relief, cause we were worried about DM cause she's just over 4 yrs., but they said no way on that.
   Their dog is overweight so that may have been a contributing factor.
The vet said he has done many operations like this on police dogs.

     Hope she's back to normal quick, they said a 12 week recovery period is the norm,

                                                Paula

by Ryanhaus on 27 October 2010 - 17:10

Here's what her owner sent me, a link to describe the operation she's having, very interesting:

http://ttasurgery.com/

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