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My daughters Golden retriever pup has been diagnosed with OCD in both rear legs. She has had multiple xrays and CT scans in the process, trying to diagnose and is now going to be operated on to fix it. She's 10 months old but has been sore for the last 4 months. As there is a genetic component to the disease, although the breeder claims to have never had a pup with this, is it unreasonable to ask for part or full compensation? The breeder also admitted that the pups were bottle fed early on, though I don't know if this makes a difference. She would never give up her dog as she is so attached to her, being now 10 months old, but I don't know whether to approach the breeder or not. She lives in a small country town and has to travel 2 hours for a decent vet and is so stressed over it all. I thought buying from a breeder eliminates these problems.

My daughter got her at 8 weeks and she's now 9 1/2 weeks. She was fine when she got her. Got her the Thursday and on the Monday noticed it didn't look right.

My daughter lives in a small town and her local vet is trying to get her into one in Albury who will know more. The puppy is only 9 weeks old and is full of life. She limps a little with it. What I'm worried about is can it be a genetic thing as she paid over $2000 for it or is it an injury/environment thing. The puppy's parents have papers, but she is only as a pet. They are talking about doing an xray, but don't know if she's too young to show anything. The breeder suggested it was knuckling.

The breeder was feeding her supercoat puppy mixed with optimum tinned, as well as chicken necks. Wet in the morning, dry at night. My daughter has changed her to Advance puppy (as she had fed her previous goldie puppy on) with optimum tinned. The first 2 photos are before the vet visit, and the third is a few days after. Notice its better but the foot is now turned out a little. Sorry about the blurriness.

My daughter recently bought a golden retriever puppy from a breeder and now 2 weeks in her right front paw is showing signs of knuckling. She's taken her to the vets who put her onto anti inflammitories, and told to keep her quiet for a little while. It seems that she needs to change her diet from what I've read. She has contacted the breeder who put her onto the great dane ladies website, which is helpfull. My question is, is this something that will fix itself with diet, mats etc or will it have long term issues that she'll need to worry about. Because she bought from a breeder, is this anything that affects her, as in genetically? We've had goldie puppies before and it has never happened. Any ideas? Thanks.