Loose ligaments - Page 1

I have a female that got Normal hips, yet she had very loose ligaments when it was about 7 months, I was worried about and couldnt do much, somebody told me to give her an injection of a medicine, but I didnt, I wanted a natural way. Now she is 1 year and half and is much better, not perfect yet, but I believe it is improving and despite the age some progress will be possible. Today all I am doing is giving two pills of a medicament with condroitin and glucosamin besides 30 minutes of walk at leash every day. She is very happy with the long walks. My question is what else can I do? and what do you think? Do I still have time to improve?

keep her thin first 2 yrs of her age ... excercise her and get her X rays done at 24 months of age. Keep her on a balanced diet thruought.

Other than suggesting that she is taken for swimming exercises, as von Brunhaus said keep her thin and keep her exercise moderate. One (1) question; how were loose ligaments diagnosed-by "feel" or by the Penn-Hip method? Bob-O

She was xrayed and has Normal hips. I say she got loose ligaments only by looking at her while she is moving, it is not firm and cow hooked.

Thats was a good advice not let her gain wheight!

they may tighten with conditioning, but go easy on her.

José, if she is cow-hocked then it may be due more to her hocks being a bit long compared to rest of the rear leg assembly. That can make the geometry of the rear carriage be off a bit, to the end that the dog's posture is altered a bit. I presume that she is a show-line type, as the long hock is nowadays a trait of this line whether it is the Ambred show-line or the West German show-line. By the wording of your original message, I presumed that you were talking about the ligamants that surround the hip joints; hence my question about the method of diagnosis. Loose hock ligaments have been identified as a trait that appears often with the overlength hock. And yes, we know that certain breeders purposely bred for this trait in order to achieve the butt-dragging posture that is present in many examples of both of the show-lines types. However she is still young and probably a bit clumsy, so she may be compounding the appearance due to the poor muscle coördination that is present at her age. In addition to maintaining a slim build and moderate exercise, I will suggest swimming if it possible. One (1) caveat-a bitch should not be allowed to swim just before, during, and just after her heat cycle ue to the chance of a uterine infection. Bob-O

Bob-O, I guess it makes sentence. It may be the cause, Thanks. She is Show line and I will analize that now. I had just learn one more!

Bob-O, I thought the problem you talk about came from long stifles that are prevalent in the show lines. I was under the impression that they breed for short hocks.

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