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leg -calve perthes :sad:I have just found out that one of my dogs,who is 8 months old,was told he has leg-calve perthes on the hind leg.I have all my dogs vet checked for shunt problems.They are all gone from my house in good health. This couple can not have children,so there little one is there son.I feel so bad.I took my 2 parents to our vet and both do not have any leg problems.What i need from all of you,has anyone had this too.Please let me know..... |
leg problems sorry no one has helped me......................... |
Leg Perthes disease is not uncommon. there have been many yorkies on YT that have his problem. There is a simple surgery that can be performed by an orthopedic surgeon to fix the problem. The femoral head is taken off. Scar tissues forms. That plus the muscles around the joint help strengthen the leg and after a few months you'd never know there was a problem to begin with. I don't think the experts know for sure if this is a genetic problem but i feel that its too great of a chance that it is so the parents should be fixed. |
Here is information from the Yorkie Foundation on Legg-Calve-Perthes. Scroll down about halfway: Health (Foundation of the Yorkshire Terrier) Since is is believed to be genetic, this is what the Yorkie Foundation recommends: Prevention of the disease is only possible through genetic means. Affected animals should not be bred. Breeding stock should have their hips X-rayed to insure that they are not affected with mild LPD, the symptoms of which went unnoticed during the dog's adolescence. Extreme caution should be used when considering breeding animals that have produced LPD, or have LPD affected littermates. Inheritance: Autosomal recessive |
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Piper had surgery for Legg Perthes last December, she was 7 months. One day I notice she was carrying her right hind leg once in a while. After about a week and it seemed she was carrying that leg more and more I brought her to the vets. She had Legg Perthes and you could see from the x-ray how the head of the femur was all eroded and pitted and there were bone chips broken off. A week later she had her surgery. She is 100% now with no limp or pain. I bought Piper from a breeder and when I called her about Piper she was very upset because this never has happened in any of her litters but she had just bought Piper's mom for breeding purposes in order to better better her breeding program and this was the first litter from her. There were 3 puppies in that litter and she notified the other owners and their babies were fine. She had Piper's Mom spayed and sold her as a pet. I was fortunate that the breeder did give me money towards Piper's surgery. |
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