Comments on: We Are Not Abandoning You http://startupfiance.com/2007/we-are-not-abandoning-you/ Infinitely engaged to a serial entrepreneur, and becoming one of my own. Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jess http://startupfiance.com/2007/we-are-not-abandoning-you/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Jess Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:50:49 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2007/we-are-not-abandoning-you/#comment-112 My border collie (her name is Abbie) at my parents house has severe hip dysplasia. The vet told us (all the way back when she was a puppy) that she would most likely develop it and there was no way to stop it pretty much because all breeds of collies and shelties are prone to it... damn genetics. So, now here we are years later, she's getting old. She has it in both hips pretty bad. She can't move as fast and has trouble going up and down stairs... she doesn't seem to be in pain unless you push/pull on her back legs she yipes... so we have to watch little kids around her and make sure she isn't trying to jump onto beds and stuff like that. Apparently the surgery to fix a dogs hips (before they get bad, or even after they are pretty bad) is not 100% effective, their hips will continue to try and grow the wrong way. The vet told my mom that sometimes the surgeries put the dogs into more pain and actually make them less mobile. In our case, my mom thinks Abbie is too old to do the surgery on and she may not recover... so we just try to make sure she takes it easy :} I hope Tucker does alright and heals up soon! My border collie (her name is Abbie) at my parents house has severe hip dysplasia. The vet told us (all the way back when she was a puppy) that she would most likely develop it and there was no way to stop it pretty much because all breeds of collies and shelties are prone to it… damn genetics.
So, now here we are years later, she’s getting old. She has it in both hips pretty bad. She can’t move as fast and has trouble going up and down stairs… she doesn’t seem to be in pain unless you push/pull on her back legs she yipes… so we have to watch little kids around her and make sure she isn’t trying to jump onto beds and stuff like that.
Apparently the surgery to fix a dogs hips (before they get bad, or even after they are pretty bad) is not 100% effective, their hips will continue to try and grow the wrong way. The vet told my mom that sometimes the surgeries put the dogs into more pain and actually make them less mobile.
In our case, my mom thinks Abbie is too old to do the surgery on and she may not recover… so we just try to make sure she takes it easy :}
I hope Tucker does alright and heals up soon!

]]> By: mom http://startupfiance.com/2007/we-are-not-abandoning-you/comment-page-1/#comment-111 mom Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:08:31 +0000 http://startupfiance.com/2007/we-are-not-abandoning-you/#comment-111 that crazy mr tucky. he certainly has lots of adventures in his short life span so far. I'm sure he wasn't mad at you at all. I think maybe Guapo would do that tho!!! hehe. love ya mom that crazy mr tucky. he certainly has lots of adventures in his short life span so far. I’m sure he wasn’t mad at you at all. I think maybe Guapo would do that tho!!! hehe.

love ya
mom

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