I'm sorry about the problems you and your pup are having. I hope she does well with her hips and never needs surgical intervention. A lot of dogs do live a normal life with bad hips. Thank you for sharing your experience.
My golden retriever was from sievers kennels. My mother was a golden breeder and all 6 of her children owned golden retrievers over the years. On 5/1/2010 a family friend purchased Kayleigh, she named her Sweety, but after 1 day in the park, this 50 plus year old man yelling “come here Sweety”, well as you can imagine, it didn’t look very good. Anyhow, this family friend, gifted Kayleigh to me. Kayleigh was the finest looking golden, and the smartest golden I ever laid eyes on. She had the best disposition that you could ever wish for. She gave my wife and I over 12 years of nothing but great joy I know Sievers gives warranties, 30 month I believe on the dogs hips. I lived in Missouri at the time, but now I’m in Florida. I’m contemplating driving back to purchase another female golden. I just don’t believe everyone bashing them. It breaks my heart. Everyone just complains, complains and complains nowadays, a world of complainers we live in. Thank you for adding to your comment, your veterinarians diagnosis. I hope you have years of joy with your dog like we did with our girl Kayleigh. My wife and I are saddened greatly. For we lost our girl 9/7/24.
