I HAVE two black labs who are clear of all conditions. I HAVE a yellow lab clear of all conditions. I HAD a black lab, born in 1997, who had OCD in one elbow
Ruby had her elbows and hips xrayed, but not scored, last week when she was spayed. The vet said that her elbows look fine, even though we have had a couple of episodes of lameness recently. She said her hips are ok, not brilliant but ok.
Am I right in thinking that as she is only just coming up 1 there is always the possibility of something developing later on, particularly if her hips are not that perfect now ???
We own three Labradors at the moment, of which two are still living with us and one is retired living with my mom and dad.
- Tsarodej Sweet Ginny d.o.b. 4.8.2000, chocolate bitch hips B/B and elbows 1/1. Sini is having problems with both elbows and hips. Hips were inofficially re-x-rayed at the age of six and they had gone a lot worse, probably D/D and with a little bit dysplasia. On top of joint problems, her health has been miserable all her life, but that is another story. She can be found in the Finnish Dog Database in here: http://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmKoira.aspx?RekNo=FIN40712/00&R=122
- Sangfagelns Musetta d.o.b. 27.2.2007, fox-red bitch hips B/C and 0/0 elbows. Never had any problems either, is like a kangaroo, superfast mover. Sadly Kettu's other hip is slightly loose and of course, she is the only one of eight puppies having a bit loose hip, all the others are also x-rayed and with completely perfect results both elbows and hips. She can be found here: http://jalostus.kennelliitto.fi/frmKoira.aspx?RekNo=FIN47598/07&R=122
Mambo diagnosed (by xray but not scored) at 11mths with HD and quite lame but on Catrophen injections so doing ok. Skittle not xrayed/scored and appears ok. Both black bitches.
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:14 pm Post subject: Hips and Elbows are not an indicator of OCD in knees
My yellow Lab Barney is now just over 1 year old and he unfortunately has OCD. He was diagnosed when he was just 5 months old and had the OATS procecedure on one knee and a general cartiledge removal on the other when he was 7 months old. He is now broadly ok, but if he overdoes it then he suffers which is heartbreaking to see. His parents had 0-0 elbow scores and very low hip scores and so it is really a case of bad luck, but it goes to show you can never be too sure.
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