OFA results came yesterday :( - Page 2

my best to you. many of us know how heartbreaking this can be.

I do not agree that the dreams were destroyed by a piece of paper. they were cancelled by someone who refuses to take shortcuts. my hat is off to you.

sorry for your bad news,

Rik

     I agree with what Rik has said and the piece of paper comment has been bothering me as well for days. Thank you for caring more about the breed than your desire to breed a dog that has an issue.

I am so sorry to hear this. I suggest getting her started on acupuncture, swimming and a good supplement like Dasequin. If she is in pain, Adequan injections are amazing. There is no reason she cannot live a wonderful, pain free life. Good luck to her, and you.

Did you get a 2nd opinion?

I am so sorry for the bad news, but there is still hope. We fostered a Dutchie with severe hip dysplasia- severe at 6 months of age and confirmed again at 2 years. We swam him a lot for the two years we had him. He was amazingly athletic throughout his life. He lived to be 13 years old and only became symptomatic towards the end at which time he did require pain meds.

As for the "piece of paper", it just revealed the reality of what was already there and as others have said, you now have knowledge about her that will prompt you to give her the care necessary to give her the best quality of life possible.

The best of everything to you and your dog. You can still enjoy her very much!

So sorry to hear about your dog's result. One of my dogs that we had hope would be our rising star for work also revealed serve HD requiring surgery. We were devasted & heart broken at first.

We took her swimming & played fetch with her on a step hill. Her muscle mass greatly improved & so did her over all movement + attitude. During this time she started getting depress not being work / trained like the rest of the dogs.
My husband needed a dog to learn on, so she became his learning dog. Together they did obedience, therapy work, & tracking. She was a huge hit at the childrens hospital & nursing homes, especially because they could relate to her not being in perfect health either. Many children got very inspired by her, if she could still do obedience + tracking then I can still do what I loved too.

After she is recovered from her surgery they will continue working her as a therapy dog. She has become our resident dog greeter for all visitors, & the puppy nanny.
We thought we lost so much when we got the news last year about her HD, but she has given us & others back so much in return we feel blessed for having her now.

This bit about second opinions makes me think a little, in as much if you get Joints officially done in the USA, do you get a chance of a second opinion if they do not turn out as you want them to.
What is the point of sending them off to be ratified by experts if some of you are not going to accept there findings and it seems some do not accept them by there comments
 It is every ones worse fears with these dogs when you have the x-rays sent away that all will be well, but it happens sometimes that things do not go right and it is very hard to take i would think, but the dog is the same dog as before and can live a good happy life.
I know that i would be devastated but i would take it as there is no other option, then my thoughts would be how can i make the dogs life a near as normal one, any aspirations of the ScH sport would be gone, but the dog would still be there to enjoy in other ways, and i sure would not be posting x-rays for people to pick up on good or bad, none on here are experts i would think anyway in this case it is to late so i would accept the verdict and get on making the dogs life a good one without my own interests first, And another says regards breeding, why talk about breeding anyway that is not the object of getting the joints certified in the first place with Sports people or i would think for dogs doing another strenuous form of work
Steve1 

The x rays would be helpful not so people could pick them apart Steve but so one could learn from them.  what do displastic hips look like on x ray.  What do hips look like that have not passed OFA.  And of course the object of getting hips certified could be for breeding purposes.  Steve sometimes I wonder where you come up with your thoughts.

But yes she is the same dog regardless of her hip outcome, now you can make a plan to keep her healthy in the long term.  Better to know now then when the dog is suffering in pain:(

Lyn

LynOD
Yes, you are right, I DO wonder where some of you Guys are coming from. There are enough Dysplastic Hips put on this forum without a person who has had them officially rated and is probably feeling a bit low to have them banded about on this forum for people to comment on,
 Darla13 knows what they are like that's enough you and others do not need to see this unfortunate dogs joints to know what Dysplastic hips look like you should KNOW by other photos put on this forum in the past if you have ever looked.
YES, Lady i know where i am coming from but i do not think you do where you are yourself.
The OP does not need constant reminders of how her dog is just to appease the likes of you
Now you have it straight i do not mess with people like yourself to me you are a selfish person who wants to learn from anothers bad luck and that is wrong, LOOK on the bloody web to see Dysplastic Hips not on this persons misfortune
And you and others can think of this post as you like i do nor mess in words with people like you i have no time for the likes of you and the way you think  you will get told like it or not
And as for the welfare of the dog now that has been said by myself and others and dysplastic is not  spelled the way you write it
Steve1

Like I said Steve where do you come from?  I have no evil intent in mind, and I don't see any of the posters here on this post rubbing her nose in it.  They all seem to feel genuinely bad for her as do I.  I for one know where she is coming from as all my hopes and dreams were shattered when my obedience dog was diagnosed with numerous hereditary diseases and had to be retired at the age of 4!  Is she still a wonderful dog yes.  If anyone would like me to post her xrays I will if I can figure out how to do it.  You can see what a good dog gone wrong looks like. So since you don't associate with people like me I don't expect a response.

Darla I feel for you.

Lyn