Dog Hip Dysplasia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, and Prevention

Dogs with hip dysplasia have lameness and severe arthritis due to improper hip ball and socket development.

Hip dysplasia is the major cause of rear-leg disability in dogs, particularly big breeds like Newfoundlands, Saint Bernards

Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, and German Shepherds. Twenty to forty percent of large-breed dogs are affected.

 Twenty to forty percent of large-breed dogs are affected.

More sad, this hereditary ailment may start at infancy

Others lose mobility over time because the malformed hip joint rubs and grinds bones instead of moving smoothly.

mitigated in many dogs. Know the signs, causes, and treatments of dog hip dysplasia.

Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, and German Shepherds. 

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