Does walking your dog more prevent hip displaysia?

Answer 1

No, hip dysplasia is a congenital disease but can be exacerbated by other conditions. If your dog has been diagnosed, you should avoid feeding additional calcium and treats such as pig ears. Monitor protein intake. And monitor exercise. There are medications that can help with the pain but, utimately surgery (such as a total hip replacement) may be the best option

Answer 2

Hip dysplasia <--(the proper spelling) can only be *prevented* through selective breeding, as it is strongly heritable.

If your pet has already been diagnosed with MILD hip dysplasia, slow regular walks will help keep the muscles toned to help give better support of the pelvis and lumbar spine, thereby easing the load on the damaged hip joints somewhat. Swimming is much better, however. Glucosamine/chondroitin supplementation has also helped slow the progression of the cartilage damage that occurs secondarily to a malformed joint, but will not 'prevent' it (the malformation) from occurring in the first place. We also have some newer medications available that have been of great benefit in many dogs.

Your DVM is the best person to ask what is appropriate/best for YOUR particular dog, as each case is unique. If your dog is a breed that is prone to this condition, he/she should always have baseline hip films performed when spayed or neutered. Follow-up films for comparison later will be recommended at different intervals, depending upon what the first films showed. Hip dysplasia can not be ruled out until hip films at 2 years of age, however....unless another procedure is performed earlier (as a puppy.) Specialized training by your DVM is required before he/she can be certified to perform it.

Under no circumstances should a dog of a breed known to be prone to hip dysplasia be bred until after given orthopedic clearance....which usually means waiting until 2 years of age, to assess the joints at full maturity. Again, that's the only way to PREVENT the actual malformation from being perpetuated in subsequent generations in the first place.

Answer 3

For puppies... the worse thing that you can do is allow your dog to horse play with other (bigger) size dogs. Walking them will not prevent hip displaysia.

Answer 4

No, hip dysplasia is a congenital disease but can be exacerbated by other conditions. If your dog has been diagnosed, you should avoid feeding additional calcium and treats such as pig ears. Monitor protein intake. And monitor exercise. There are medications that can help with the pain but, utimately surgery (such as a total hip replacement) may be the best option.

Answer 5

make effective that what you're feeding him isn't over 23% protein. The breeder of my Dane made it component to his settlement assure that he be fed Diamond severe means. that is an grownup foodstuff. My Jacob is now 2 a million/2 and an extremely sturdy finding boy! Vets have instructed me that super Breed pup foodstuff isn't something better than grownup foodstuff in a posh wrapper, costing extra. in case you examine and evaluate the labels, they are suitable. do no longer enable the pup do a brilliant number of working and tough housing after ingesting. some think of that that's what reasons bloat. and all human beings else is right in that he should not be remote from his mom yet. in case you do substitute his foodstuff, be effective to do it slowly, mixing previous foodstuff with new foodstuff changing the quantities slightly daily. An abupt substitute in foodstuff plan can upset his tummy.

Answer 6

As long as the dog is happy to walk it is one of the best things to do apart from of course swimming as the more exercise they do the more muscle tone they get which then holds the joint into the socket better, so go for it and happy walking etc.

Answer 7

I don't know about that. But I do know that starting him/her on glucosamine will help either prevent it or alleviate some of the pain of they already have it.
I have a Bulldog and after researching it, I started him on 500mg a day of Glucosamine as a preventative.
The last time I went to the vet, I told her about it and she said that was a great thing for me to be doing. (well, why didn't SHE tell me about it?)

Answer 8

more than likely, people and animals need exercise or they muscles atrophy. You see in old people all the time.. with no muscle to support the hip joints you got problems.

Answer 9

no....hip problems are bred into k9's.

Answer 10

***NO***!!!!
That's a STRUCTURAL DEFECT!!! A BONE MALFORMATION!
*NOT* muscle.