Canine Hip Dysplasia Research Paper

When ever anyone gets a athletic dog or any dog really they always have to watch out for canine hip dysplasia. "Canine Hip Dysplasia is the most common hereditary skeletal disorder in dogs (Fels, 2014) ", some of the dogs that get it most often are Golden retrievers and German shepherds, along with water dog breeds. With this kind of problem in dogs if it is not treated right away it could get out of control and be a lot worse then when it first started out to be. There is this collie-shepherd cross breed dog named Charm that came into a animal hospital with canine hip dysplasia and from what was put in the file it seemed very severe. The dog named Charm came in for a visit to the hospital on the fifth of February 2016 and the dog was having trouble getting up with its hind legs from the past couple months, the owner noticed as well that their dog Charm was chewing at its hind leg, they also noticed that its back leg has gotten really big and swollen over the past couple of months as well.

There are a lot of clinical signs for canine hip dysplasia you just have to watch out for them and take precautions when you do see them. "Some signs include Lameness, they can have difficult walking, or even going up and down the stairs, other signs that dogs will show if they can canine hip dysplasia is that they will
resist movements that require full extension of the rear legs. They will show stiffness and pain in the rear legs after exercise . . . many dogs will become less willing to participate in daily activities" (Hip Dysplasia in Dogs: Diagnosis Treatment and Prevention, 2016) . With the dog charm as I was reading the file I could not find what the cause was for this dog getting canine hip dysplasia. The one thing in the file though was that The dog kept having trouble trying to get up because of its hind leg. "Many owners attribute the changes to normal aging but after treatment is initiated, they are surprised to see a more normal and pain-free gait return.
As the condition progresses, most dogs will lose muscle tone and may even need assistance in getting up (Hip Dysplasia in Dogs: Diagnosis Treatment and Prevention, 2016)." I am guessing that the owners dog was having trouble for a couple of months because the last visit was some time in 2015 and they decided to come back to get a physical exam for their dog to see what the problem was. "There are two things that can cause canine hip dysplasia and those genetics and diet" ("Hip Dysplasia in dogs ",
2016)

There were a lot of things in the file about charm like how he started too chew a lot but he was not just chewing on furniture or clothing he was chewing on hi own hind end. Charm would start to chew on his hind leg a lot his leg was really painful he did not like when anyone touched it. when the owner brought the patient in he told the doctor everything he needed to like how their dog was not putting much weight on his hind leg and how he would chew at his back leg and how it was difficult for him to get around like going up and down the stairs and getting up after taking a nap.