tntcl125 wrote:


HELLO,
MY VET TOLD ME EITHER A 6,000.00 HIPREPLACEMENT R PUT HIM DOWN. HE
IS A 10 MONTH OLD LAB.HIS PARENTS WERE HIP CERTIFIED. IVE BEEN READING A
MULTITUDE OF INFO ON THE WEB AND FOUND THAT ALOT OF THIS DIOREDER SEEMS
TO COME FROM LACK OF VITAMIN C. NONE OF THE SIBLINGS SHO ANY SIGNS. THE
DIFFERANCE WITH HIM IS HE GREW TREMONDOUSLY OVER NIGHT IT SEEMS. I HAVE
DECIDED TO TRY THE ESTER-C AND I DONT KNOW IF IT IS JUST ME BUT IT
SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A DIFFERANCE, EVERYDAY. I ASKED MY VET IF IT WAS
POSSIBLE THAT HIS BONES HAVE GROWN FASTER THAN HIS JOINTS, HE SAID I
WAS IN DENIAL. I THINK I WILL GET ANOTHER OPINION AND GET A NEW VET. HE
IS A WONDERFULL DOG AND IS VERY SMART AND OBEDIANT. HE Had no limp JUST
LOOKED LIKE HE WOULD WALK FUNNY.HE NEVER CRIED ALWAYS RETRIEVED , RAN
PLAYED ETC. I DONT WANT TO HAVE TO PUT HIM DOWN BUT I ALSO DONT WANT
HIM TO HURT..


You don't say what led to this diagnosis. Is your Lab lame? Does he
look like he's in pain? The official OFA line is that if your dog makes
it to adulthood (10-12 mo I think) without lameness, he'll probably
be clinically sound up to 8-10 years. He may develop arthritis and have
problems later.

I would definitely get a second opinion.

Let me just add, in my experience, Labs can look plenty dysplastic on
an x-ray, but act like nobody told them. I've had vets make dire
predictions
about mine, and they were fine.

Amy Dahl