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Old 08-17-2010, 04:04 PM   #7
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Has anyone had any experience with this? If so how did you treat it and what was the outcome?


The only treatment is surgery, if surgery isn't done. The pup will be crippled and in constant pain. Surgery is always 100% successful.

A breeder will always remove a pair from their breeding program that has produced Leggs Perthes. If they don't they are asking for trouble.
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