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Thanks for sharing rebanne. How old was your dog when you found out about HD? Are you finding it manageable? Yep tassie, it was an ortho specialist and we plan on calling the breeders this weekend. They show their dogs and kept two from her litter.

Thank you, yes we def need to have another chat with the vet as our heads were spinning with info overload the day we found out. She had an X-ray yes and was told it is quite severe, but unsure of grading. Will find out on sat when she has first injection. I hope she is one of the lucky ones.

Hi all. Our beautiful 2 yr old English staffie has just been diagnosed with elbow dysplasia in both front legs. We are absolutely shattered. She doesn't understand why we aren't playing ball with her anymore and I'm struggling to come with what this will mean for her in the future. Would love to get some feedback from others that are going through this, what treatment you have gone ahead with and what worked well. She starts injections if sinovan (sp) and hills prescription j/d food this week. Also, what backyard play ideas we can do with her? She has been a sprinter/tumbler/ball obsessed little nugget and we are struggling to find alternatives. Obviously walking and swimming, but how can I play with her at home? Never thought we would have such horrible news about our little girl, but not sure if this is a death sentence or quite manageable. Still very new so trying to get my head around it all. Em