jjmartin349571 wrote:Unfortunately this is probably a result of selective breeding, it's quite a common birth defect in chiuhauhau's for example. You could say the same thing about retrievers having bad hips and hearts though, just this is a lot more apparent. Nice to see somebody gave it a chance to live a life and be part of a family though
Our dog Jessie was born with hip dysplasia
She had all sorts of surgery to fix it when she was a puppy, and other than arthritis now she's happy. Her back end swings around a lot as she walks because she's so stiff, but she still plays around with the other dogs! Had a long happy life, but we think she's nearing the end
