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Border Collie with Hip dysplasia
Sorry for those of you that have red this in rec.pets.dogs.breeds I didn't
realise I had posted in on the wrong newsgroup and so have reposted to here. Any help advice would be greatly appreciated. My Border Collie Doug has slight dysplaysia sorry if I have misspelt) of his hip. We noticed that he was walking slightly stiff legged, as I had 2 dogs of 10 and 11 months I assumed it was a war wound (they play fight hard sometimes) Doug was due to go in to be neutered so I asked them to x-ray his hips while he was under the anaesthetic as he had been walking stiff legged for too long for a war wound. The vet said his hip wasn't developing as it should but it certainly wasn't the worst case they had seen and probably wouldn't cause him too much trouble until later in life. I was advised to keep exercise to a bare minimum, especially until he is at least two years old.. My questions are... How far should I take the "keeping exercise to a bare minimum?" he is a border collie after all and those who know BC's know they have an abundance of energy. Plus we are about to move soon where he will have acres of land to run about on. He loves playing with George, retrieving etc. Doug is now 16 months old. any advice would be appreciated, especially what I might expect later on or anything I can do to slow down arthritis etc. Many thanks Shell see my boys at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/hollyputt |
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