Ugh, what a bad few days...
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RE: Ugh, what a bad few days...
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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RE: Ugh, what a bad few days...
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$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra. 
Who could say no to this!?
Who could say no to this!?
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RE: Ugh, what a bad few days...
Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all 
It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$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!?
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$$hole breeders... and you are powerless afterwards. We could put her down... but any dog owner knows that you can't easily do it. So yeah, we have accepted that there is a 3000-5000 dollar surgery in the future for Tyra.
Who could say no to this!?
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RE: Ugh, what a bad few days...
ORIGINAL: BadLuckAudi
Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
Its not just inbreed man shepherds are known to have bad hips and hip displasia is very common in them, but you gotta love rymidyl, makes them like they dont have any probs at all
It was nice to see our 14 year old shepherd playing like a puppy she felt so good even with her bad hips
ORIGINAL: headshok2002
Yeah we've had our Shepherd for 2 years now... but when she was less than a year old, we noticed her favouring one of her hind legs... anyhow, a trip to the vet unveiled hip displasia... so that sucked ***. She's a trooper though, we have her on pain killers... and she runs like the wind! Seeing the x-rays breaks your heart, though... sucks to know that our dog was likely inbred. A$$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!?
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!?
