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Originally Posted by JoJos Mama  So very sorry to hear about Ranger. We are facing the same thing with JoJo. I also found out by accident when I took him to have his nails clipped. JoJo has problems when he is tired. We will probably have his surgery in May. He is not in pain. I am very scared too with the idea of having surgery for my baby boy (10 months old). I know what you mean about the neutering being bad enough. While JoJo did great, his Mama and Daddy didn't. Good luck with Ranger's surgery. |
Aww, poor JoJo. They do have more problems when they are tired- when fatigued, the soft tissue losens up and isn't able to hold the patella into place. I am supposed to do short period of play with Ranger to keep him occupied so as not to get him too tired to where he starts to luxate. That's gonna be fun....
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Originally Posted by mkawczak Amanda, Wow, I've heard about these leg/hip issues so much lately. Is this a genetic deffect? My girlfriends dog started limping Saturday at the dog meet up group we started going to,and she took hi mto the vet and they think it's Legge Perthes.He has xrays tomarrow to be sure. Is this something that the smaller dogs get? And Aiden my 12 pound moose..seems to be o.k. so far. I wish you all the best. Sending Hugs to you and your little one. Keep us posted. Melissa and Aiden  |
This stuff is very common in little dogs. I have to believe the luxating patella is a congentital defect, although it can be caused by stress on the legs such as jumping, running, etc. I have to assume that if two yorkies do the same activity (say frequent jumping on/off something), and if one is predisposed through genetics and the other isn't, obviously the predisposed one will have a problem.
Legg-Perthes IS genetic and seems much scarier to me (for some reason) than luxating patellas, although I know the surgery used to fix it (femoral head osteoectomy) is an easier operation to perform.