Hips (Non-GSD) - Page 1

This dog, a young Akita, was in an accident and dislocated his hip. The vet did a femoral head osteotomy, and said the dog should still be good for breeding. Opinions on the remaining hip? He's adjusted quite well to the surgery, though it took him awhile. Sorry, though the photo shows on my computer the right way up, it won't show that way in my post. You'll have to just turn your head sideways, or download it to YOUR computer, and turn it right way up!

 

There is NO way I would use this dog for breeding. And since when have the vets been qualified to make any breeding decisions??

 

My recommendation would be to see how this injury heals and when this dog is 2 years old re-xray, I do not feel these x-rays are good enough if you had to submit to OFA right now.  Positioning on the good hip is off;  also have the vet do a letter for owner to explain how and why vet had to do the surgery...  Best of luck...  Nan

 

Also accident of not, sockets are shallow or undeveloped due to age.

 

This dog dislocated his hip cause there is almost no hip socket.
Breeding with a dog of this kind is a no-go - severe HD on both sides, no matter the breed.
How old is the pup? Poor dog...

I wouldn't say there is almost NO hip socket, Susie, but the hip is definitely not well-seated in the socket (subluxation).

Owner has no plans to OFA the dog. This happened last winter, and I'm not sure whether the dog just slipped on the ice, or whether another dog crashed into him while they were roughhousing. I just found the x-ray this week when cleaning up my cell phone, and decided to take a closer look at it.

Notice anything else about the x-ray that's not quite right? Look at the pelvis.

Not my dog, and I really have no say in what the owner does. She paid $5,000 for him and has already used him for breeding! So please don't yell at ME! Not everyone in this word does things the way we'd like to see them done. 

BTW, when I have had my dogs' hips done (3 different vets now) the vets' opinions have always been pretty much accurate. Just sayin....

Maybe this vet wanted to keep the customer happy by saying what she wanted to hear??