Loose ligamens in puppys - Page 1

I had breed a female that had loose ligaments when it was young, yet her XR is NORMAL and her pedigree is extremely clean in terms of HD, it has only a NOchzugelassen Dog in the five first generations. I know loose ligaments doent have anything to do whith HD, that was just to explain why I had breed this female, I found a male with an also very clean pedigree in terms of Hd to breed her. Now, I have four puppys. Are they going to have loose ligaments? I will start condroitin sulfate tomorow.

I've spoken with a vet about this exactly and she recommends using Goat's milk and Cosequin to improve them, along with very high quality puppy food, sufficient sunlight and moderate exercise.

José, I mildly disagree with you on your second paragraph [[I know loose ligaments doent have anything to do whith HD]] and you are correct if you mean they do not cause hip dysplasie, but loose ligaments can allow the hips joints to be damaged if the puppy is allowed to run and jump excessively or become overweight. But by your previous posts I discern that you know this and are aware of how a puppy should be raised. All puppies have ligaments that are looser that those of an adult. As long as they "tighten" as the skeleton and muscles mature then they are of no consequence. Evidently you raised your female correctly, and had good results. I think I see what your real question is, and the only test for the amount of hip laxity is the Penn Hip that is used by some veterinarians in the U.S.A.. Good Luck, Bob-O

Thanks Bob-O. This litter seems to be a study case to me, since both parents have very good pedigrees, clean in terms of HD, the males pedigree has only normals and fast normals in the first five generations, the female is also very clean, only one dog nochZ at the five generation, the rest are all normals and fast normals. I want to know in practice if we can end up with displasics by breeding focused on health. I will keep breeding like that generation after generation! lets see if we can do something to help the breed. I will XR every puppy, since I wont sell them, I will give all to friends so I can XR them when adults!