Kim H
LIFE MEMBER
As the title suggests, we're looking at THR for our 5 year old Labrador, Murphy. We adopted him (or he chose us 
) as a 6 month old puppy. At 18 months old, we noticed some very occasional limping on a hind leg. X rays by our wonderful local vet revealed in his words, 'the worst hips I've ever seen in a dog this age'. We got a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon who took a conservative approach 'Keep him skinny, active, give him supplements and let's see how he gets on'
Well he got on great for 3 years, he's still skinny, but he's less active and obviously less comfortable. So today, we've been back to the surgeon who says we've done great, but arthritis is now making life very difficult for him, so he needs a THR, not sure yet if it's one or both. He's been left at the hospital tonight to have X-rays and bloods tomorrow and a consultation with us at 5pm.
We've asked loads of questions there and had them all answered, but there are bound to be more random questions. Has anyone here had experience of THR?
) as a 6 month old puppy. At 18 months old, we noticed some very occasional limping on a hind leg. X rays by our wonderful local vet revealed in his words, 'the worst hips I've ever seen in a dog this age'. We got a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon who took a conservative approach 'Keep him skinny, active, give him supplements and let's see how he gets on'Well he got on great for 3 years, he's still skinny, but he's less active and obviously less comfortable. So today, we've been back to the surgeon who says we've done great, but arthritis is now making life very difficult for him, so he needs a THR, not sure yet if it's one or both. He's been left at the hospital tonight to have X-rays and bloods tomorrow and a consultation with us at 5pm.
We've asked loads of questions there and had them all answered, but there are bound to be more random questions. Has anyone here had experience of THR?
