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We recently bought a pure-bred golden retriever puppy, Eric, and tomorrow he will be 10 weeks old.
When he's out at the back yard of the house I have noticed that his bum might wiggle a bit, and bunny-hops when he's running.
When I googled this online, I was getting Hip Dysplasia. I understand that bunny-hopping is one of the symptoms as well as others but he seems to be showing no signs of pain whatsoever. He looks a healthy pup overall and we take extreme care of him.
Having read a bunch of stuff online, we got extremely worried whether he might be one unlucky dog who suffers from it. So we decided to take him to the vet, although at this young age it is too young to determine anything. Even X-Rays will not determine whether the puppy will suffer from HD.
The vet thoroughly examined him, watching him go around, going up the stairs and so on and he said that everything looks fine, although he could see for himself that his bum wiggles(sways) a bit and also the fact that he bunny-hops he said it was a bit worrying.
We felt some relief after the vet said he shouldn't worry and that he looks perfectly normal.
When I came home the same day, I went onto youtube and searched golden retriever puppies walking and running and could see that all of them bunny-hop and sort of wiggle their bum when walking..
so my question is, for those out there who have had golden puppies, or have noticed the same thing.....
Is this normal for golden retriever puppies?
Do all goldies potentially walk in way that could satisfy most of HD symptoms but actually it's just the way these puppies walk and it could just mean nothing?
Thanks a lot for your time
Looking forward to hearing from you
We recently bought a pure-bred golden retriever puppy, Eric, and tomorrow he will be 10 weeks old.
When he's out at the back yard of the house I have noticed that his bum might wiggle a bit, and bunny-hops when he's running.
When I googled this online, I was getting Hip Dysplasia. I understand that bunny-hopping is one of the symptoms as well as others but he seems to be showing no signs of pain whatsoever. He looks a healthy pup overall and we take extreme care of him.
Having read a bunch of stuff online, we got extremely worried whether he might be one unlucky dog who suffers from it. So we decided to take him to the vet, although at this young age it is too young to determine anything. Even X-Rays will not determine whether the puppy will suffer from HD.
The vet thoroughly examined him, watching him go around, going up the stairs and so on and he said that everything looks fine, although he could see for himself that his bum wiggles(sways) a bit and also the fact that he bunny-hops he said it was a bit worrying.
We felt some relief after the vet said he shouldn't worry and that he looks perfectly normal.
When I came home the same day, I went onto youtube and searched golden retriever puppies walking and running and could see that all of them bunny-hop and sort of wiggle their bum when walking..
so my question is, for those out there who have had golden puppies, or have noticed the same thing.....
Is this normal for golden retriever puppies?
Do all goldies potentially walk in way that could satisfy most of HD symptoms but actually it's just the way these puppies walk and it could just mean nothing?
Thanks a lot for your time
Looking forward to hearing from you