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09-30-2002, 10:22 PM
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| Puppy rough play and possible hip problems? Hello- I have a 4 month old rottie pup. I also have a 5 year old Border Collie who plays very rough with my little rottie. My pup seems to always go back for more, but I notice that the BC loves to knock the pup down, sometimes back legs go splayed out (on our hard driveway!). I'm worried that this getting knocked about and other rough play will contribute eventually to hip displaysia. Any comments or experience with puppies playing with older dogs? Any advice? Thank you, Donna Jules - 4 month old rottie and going strong! Jack -5 year old Border Collie Jaz - 22 year old arab/buckskin horse |
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09-30-2002, 10:55 PM
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| puppies are flexible. |
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09-30-2002, 11:08 PM
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| puppies are flexible, but I would not leave them alone unattended. Not that you do, but I would always be around to make sure everything is okay.
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10-01-2002, 03:45 PM
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| Hip Dysplasia is genetic but broken a pelvis, leg, back etc is not. I don't just worry about the puppy being injured physically but EMOTIONALLY as well when they are constantly subjected to domination/roughness by other dogs...... Put your BC on a short lead and teach him that some things just are not acceptable. Young puppies are very impressionable ..... no reason to suffer set backs because of avoidable circumstances.
__________________ A pedigree indicates what your dog should be. Conformation indicates what your dog appears to be. Performance, personality and character indicates what your dog actually *IS*. |
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#6
10-01-2002, 08:59 PM
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| Thanks for the responses. Since there is so much information out there about hip dysplasia, who's to believe what is the absolute truth or not. I read where environmental factors could cause (or make worse) the hip dysplaysia. If your are 100% positive that this condition is genetic, please direct me to the appropriate documents written by persons who have expertise in this area. Donna |
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#7
10-01-2002, 09:23 PM
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| I have read somewhere that it is not always genetic. There were cases where the mother may have layed on the pups. I will try to find that later, Im sure I found it doing a google search for HD. If I find it i will post.:) Yes enviromental factors could make it worse, such as the dog climbing stairs, but climbing stairs will not give a dog with healthy hips hd.:) well I looked and could not find one article of HD being other than genetics. I can look again later, but I might not be able to find the article I ran across about 3 months ago. So I guess I will retract my statement above until i find something that tells me otherwise.:) Last edited by Roscoe's dad; 10-01-2002 at 09:45 PM. |
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#8
10-01-2002, 10:53 PM
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| Genetic ot not, I just had to put my boy down last week due to it. And, I can tell you it is some nasty *#it! He had severe bilateral HD! It broke my heart to see him like he was, and it broke my heart to put him down. It cut like a knife going into my chest to take him to see Dr. Smith. It is total devastation to see something you love hurt. We gave him two wonderful years, sure wish that it could have been more. He waits for me at the bridge. We will see each other again, he will never suffer again.
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10-01-2002, 11:13 PM
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| as working dog says the pup can be harmed many other ways and myself i would worry more about future behaviol probs that arise from this. but rest assured true dysplasia is 100 percent genetics. i know this 1st hand my human daughter was born dysplastic and spent 7 months in a body cast while her hip sockets developed the cast went from her chest to her knees with her legs held straight out on the sides |
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#10
10-02-2002, 12:56 AM
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| Larry, I am so very sorry to hear about your daughter. My neice has hip problems as well. Her orthopedic dr. was hoping that she might be able to outgrow this over time. She is six and instead of getting better, she is getting worse. People that don't know her assume that she is pidgeon toed, but it is her hips. They are probably going to have to do surgery on her. She has what is called a congenital hip defect. How old was your daughter when she had surgery? When my sister first told us about this, her words were...Chase has hip problems like Cam. It was hard with the dog, but I sure can't imagine what it is to have your own child to go through this. I really am so sorry, and I hope that your daughter is doing well now.
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#11
10-02-2002, 07:03 PM
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| my daughter never had surgery it was caught a 4 months and since the joints were not fully developed the body cast worked for her after the cast she had to go to rileys hosp in indy and was supposed to go every year until they determined that she had stoped growing but when she was 8 they told us that even with them knowing that she had thiss problems that everytrhing was so good that they couldnt tell. so no more dr visits her dr at that time since has become the head of the united states orthopedic foundation and he told us that if it wasnt caught when it was and treated that she would have needed a hip replacement by the time she ws 18.. we had one dr. tell us she may grow out of it and the second op. was the casting we made the right choice |
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