I ended up skipping the appointment. I just went to the pet store and bought some doggy imodium. She's all plugged up now! 
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U shud get fish... They're pretty good pets. if they get sick & throw up, or get all runny-poopie... the filter catches it. Of course, they're not so good at "fetch," and they HATE being taken for walks, besides, teh leash keeps slipping off
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^^^Ever been to Korea? DON'T take your pet, or, if you do, keep him/her on a SHORT leash!!!
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Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra. 
Who could say no to this!?
Who could say no to this!?
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to this day... i still hate that picture [
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and jest... dude... taht blows. i had to deal with vomit from her once or twice... i can't imagine this.
]and jest... dude... taht blows. i had to deal with vomit from her once or twice... i can't imagine this.
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Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hipsQuote:
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra.
Who could say no to this!?
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra.
Who could say no to this!?
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ORIGINAL: BadLuckAudi
Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
I hear ya man, but Tyra was 1 year old when we found out... she hadn't even finished growing... and the x-ray was horrifying. I haven't heard of "Rymidyl"... our vet told us to use Bufferin... which is clearly a human pain killer, but it does the trick!ORIGINAL: BadLuckAudi
Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all
It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hipsQuote:
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra.
Who could say no to this!?
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra.
Who could say no to this!?
