Rocky-Would you ever beable to tell he has hip dysplasia?He has been dealing with HD for the last almost 2 years now,and with his meds,you would never know.(knock on wood)

Exactly 3 years ago, I was at a vets office where they were trying to convince me to put Striker on medication because she was “not right in the head”. They were doing this because of her fear aggression. On Feb 3, 2007 Striker and I were kicked out of our first trial because the judge along with an akc rep decided she was aggressive, mean, and a hazard to have around. The vets, along with many others wanted me to put Striker on some sort of tranquilizer for her “nervous fear issues”. Others told me it was a bad idea to try to compete with Striker, because we were only going to get ourselves kicked out….3 weeks later we proved them wrong, getting measured and coming home with 4Q’s and 4 1st places. Exactly 2 years ago Striker’s body was breaking down and we had no clue why. I knew not to run her, and I wasn’t, but there was still a part of me in denial that it was her health (since 4 vets told us she was perfectly fine), thinking maybe people were right ..maybe she no longer wanted to do agility or jump or even play ball because she was crazy…turns out my gut instinct was right and they were wrong..Striker had Hip Dysplasia. Exactly 1 year ago we had been doing physical therapy for 9 months, and I was desperately trying to make money so that I could pay for the extremely expensive treatments. Most vets said she would never do agility again, or even be a normal dog…but I trusted my gut instinct and gave every penny to my name for just that small chance that it would …
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