Ivan is a german shepherd. Here is a link to his picture I posted about him. It is when Adie wa about 12 weeks old and he was so careful around her!
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...highlight=Ivan
Now for the vet news: Dawn (our vet) diagnosed moderate to severe hip dysplasia which I was afraid of. She said he has had it for quite some time now but something made it flair up. We have two courses of action. They can put him on heavy duty anti-anti-inflammatories and glucosomine/condroiton (spelling?) or he could have a total hip replacement. We decided to try the anti-inflammatory first but will check into the hip replacement. DH didn't say if Dawn can do the surgery or not. I hope so! I think an ortho specialist will be awfully expensive. He goes back in two weeks for blood tests to make sure his liver and kidneys can stand the meds. Sigh. I hate seeing my big bad dufus in so much pain. Every time he cried out he would try to run to me for comfort and a hug only to hurt himself more; poor baby.
Thanks for the prayers. We really need them.