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Hi folks. New to the forum and I've read several posts re: Hip Dysplasia. Our puppy had popping hips, both sides so we took her to the vet, got radiographs and sure enough both hips are not seating into the sockets. The left worse than the right. TPO surgery was recommended immediately. This was during Thanksgiving holidays so we waited and then took her to 4 more vets. Spent a fortune on second and third and forth opinions and the answer was always the same. I've read on this forum that a lot of you don't recommend TPO surgery, but we went ahead and got the left hip fixed two weeks ago. The recovery has been amazing. After the first 5 days she was feeling much better and now she feels so good she wants out of the crate. That can't happen since there is a long recovery time, and the second hip is due in a couple of weeks. The time in the crate is the worse part. She got over the trauma of surgery very well. So all this to say, we are very glad we went ahead with the surgery. $8k
total but she will have a normal life.
I forgot to mention our puppy is named Katie. She'll be a year old in January. Excellent bloodlines, OFA cert. etc. Just goes to show you that nothing is fool proof as far as hip certs. go.
Mike
total but she will have a normal life.
I forgot to mention our puppy is named Katie. She'll be a year old in January. Excellent bloodlines, OFA cert. etc. Just goes to show you that nothing is fool proof as far as hip certs. go.
Mike