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Originally Posted by gidget529  My little Cricket has LP. Like LJ said, our vet told us it is common in yorkies. Cricket was able to compensate and never had any pain or gait difficulties w the LP. Now as she became an elderly girl, she got arthritis in the knees and hips, which the vet said is common in LP dogs as they age. She was on Glucosamine Chondroitin, and the last year of her life she was on pain meds for the arthritis (she was 13).
As a young dog, however, you could not tell she had LP w/o palpating her knees. |
I noticed she walked a little funny but just didn't make the connection. The vet said it appears to not bother her at all. And I have not noticed any pain either. He did say that it would become more of a problem when she gets older. At this point he did not put her on any meds. He did tell me it was common and a genetic thing.