What can I expect from the vet tomorrow? - Page 3

From what is visible in the picture, I don't see anything horrible. The pelvis is tilted down on the left side, causing the right hip not to seat properly. If that was my dog, I would go to a different vet, get better position, and better quality X-ray. It's too light.
I can't see where your dog should be carrying a leg and crying in pain, because these hips.
Get new pics, send to OFA.

i don't see anything in the xray either.  nothing that would cause pain.  infact, the hips look very nice.
could be that the dog has torn a ligament or some such thing.  best wishes.
pjp

My vet described the HD because the hip bone (right) is starting to go flat and that there is an open space between the socket and the (not sure what it is called) joint.  She also said that the ligament is thicker than it should be.

Does this help?

 

Once this is all figured out, what do I tell her puppy owners?  If it is HD, is that common enough that saying anything to the owners would be causing unnecessary stress and anxiety?  

I try to make sure I am a responsible breeder, so I try to think from the buyers perspective.  I gave each buyer a general review on what it is like to own a German Shepherd and the warning of HD and how to environmentally minimize the risk.  Based on this knowledge, if I was a buyer, I would not expect a breeder to notify me if one of the parents was diagnosed with HD.  Now if something else comes up that is genetic, I would appreciate a breeder warning me and providing what information they have on how to protect my puppy.

take the dog to a k9 chiropractor.  this dog is not dysplastic.  there is something else going on here.
good luck to ya.  pjp

Fawn, the flat place on the ball is normal. You need a different vet to X-ray and send to OFA. I would not make conclusion based on your vet's assessment. Maybe you can send these to OFA, are they ID'd so they can be sent?

If you were a buyer wouldn't you expect a "responsible" breeder to know if the dogs they bred had HD / ED before breeding them?   

I was just going say that, Slam. Also, it's not unusual for there to be some laxity after preg and before and after heat. Anyway, you can't go back in time, and based on these exrays, I would not panic. Get another vet.

a buyer should have had the information on hip status of both parents before they bought the pup.

Sorry, I forget that some of you might have missed my posts in the beginning and I assumed you know the background on the litter.

1. The hips were x-rayed before the breeding and validated by my then vet.  I did not know at the time that OFC should have been the final determination.  My vet then (different than this one) stated that the hips were good.

2.  The same was done for the stud.

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I understand now that there are a number of things I missed on this litter.   I was very firmly corrected on my 1st or 2nd post in coming to this forum.