My boy isnt walking (X-rays inside) - Page 5

The hip is in the socket. Coverage could be a bit better and there is some minor change to the femoral heads but its is most definitely not out of the socket.

Nick tell your vet to consider Aspergillosis, I wouldn't settle without answers. I know someone who is dealing with this right now and the symptoms were very similar to DM! The dog lost almost all coordination in it's rear and one vet diagnosed him with DM and then she got a second opinion, the dog is doing great and has been on meds for 2 weeks now. http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/clinicaltrials/local_resources/pdfs/flyers/bannasch-dear-aspergillus-GS.pdf

Most vets don't even think of or consider this since it's rare...

You know, some body types have very prominent "hip bones" like a runway model for a while in their teens...especially when they aren't well muscled. Please, please, take us some good video of him walking around, sitting, etc.

As soon as it stops raining here I will get him out for a walk and video him walking, slow trot and sitting.

Tick disorder wobbler valley fever spine issue its not his joints.

So yesterday was a good day other than getting married our kid was gone over night and my boy Flex was having a good day. So these videos really don't show how bad his rear is but this is him almost at his best. If other angles will help let me know.

If all his days were as 'good' as these shots, I would
say you have less to worry about than your original
post would suggest. But then, I haven't seen evidence
of what you see as a really 'bad' day. I think I (for one)
need to, before I can comment further.

But I will say this: a lot of people who do not know the
GSD very well, especially if unused to dogs that are not
of ASL type, are often worried when their dog is in its
'teenage' period (and some Vets stoke those concerns)
when actually it's a matter of maturing size versus the
speed of growth of bones, ligaments and muscle; a hell
of a lot of GSDs - particularly male pups for some reason -
go through a stage of moving in the most peculiar fashion
when bits are growing at different speeds.  He looks to be

in that age range (can't find where, if ever, you've told us

his age).

With your dog, you can see he is trying to 'single track' at
the rear, but really they only do that when moving at speed
so attempts to combine it with short runs, or walking rather
than trotting, look very awkward while they are still learning
what to do with all the bits of their bodies. He also looks a
bit "knock kneed" - I suppose this could be due to the one hip
having a shallower socket, and the femur on that leg partly
dislocating, but it might not be. He certainly, on the strength
of these vids, does not look "HD typical". He is bunny hopping
when he runs but he is not doing any pronounced dropping of
his hindquarters. Xrays are a guide for HD, they are not the
full answer; its an odd condition because it can sometimes
occur that symptoms are severe in dogs that look radiographicly fine, and yet hardly there at all in some whose Xrays say they ought to be absolutely crippled.

I would take the advice you are being given to get him looked

at by an ortho. specialist.

Congrats on the wedding, btw !