#1) Contact your breeder....she must be made aware of this....while there is alot of disagreement about this being genetic versus congenital, simply because they really do not know the reason why one pup in a litter can develop this and no others, and while a particular breeding pair that has had successful breedings for years/many litters with this never showing up, your breeder should be made aware of this development in your baby.
2) The surgery if performed by an excellent orthopedic surgeon with many years of experience or an ortho specialist with experience with successful FHO procedures, this is actually a great surgery with excellent results. There is rehab post op, but this is something you can do easily.....if money is a concern, you do not need expensive post op rehab by professionals. Our babies are light and while you will have to assist your baby with standing for a couple of days to do potty business, that quickly passes and you are on the road to recovery......this condition is very painful, with muscle atrophy, and post op exercises designed to start rebuilding and strengthening muscle tissue will be a wonderful example of how beneficial surgery and post op therapy/rehab can produce super outcomes! Your pup will be almost 100%! Be sure your surgeon is experienced in the procedure, and dont look back! In my experience with this surgery, you are looking at about 4 months until your baby is like new.....and that is BILATERAL FHO surgery, done at the same time!! Pup under anesthesia for one time, my surgeon performed the procedure on one hip, flipped the pup over and did the other hip...total time a little less than 1.5 hours....then there is no continued muscle atrophy/pain in the hip/ lapse in rehab on the un operated side. |