According to the vet, Boone has mild hip dysplasia in his back left hip. He favors it whenever he just gets up from laying down until he warms up a bit.
The vet said it was mild and that his bone was not coming out of the joint, but had a slight movement when flexed up and in.
The vet recommended regular Glucosamine (sp?) and fish oils.
I think we are also going to start trying to feed Boone a little bit less. For all we know, they might still be growing.
Our Corgi also has mild hip dysplasia. She gets 500mg Glucosamine and 400mg Chondroitin Sulfate everyday. We also put her (and our Lab/Coonhound cross) on a diet to get her weight down to optimum. Those measures, and not lifting her up to any height above what she can reach on her own (to reduce impact shock when she jumps down) have reduced her stiffness/limping by something over 95%.
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