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Elbow dyslapsia?

1.5K views 14 replies 3 participants last post by  FullCircle  
#1 ·
Hi all,

Noticed slight angling of her right paw (left in photo) but vet said to wait it out, it's been 2 months now and seems to still be the same

What's your opinions? Go to another vet? If anyone here has knowledge or experienced it due to their own dog having it, let me know

From what I can see it's only her right paw (left in photo).

Any suggestions? Any chance of full recovery or is surgery only option?

thanks

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#3 ·
First and foremost, cut your dogs nails. Her pasterns are breaking down and that is causing the turned feet. Keep the nails short, food bowl raised, and her off the concrete. This will give her the best chance for it to correct itself. But ultimately, you can't cure bad genetics.
 
#4 ·
Noticed slight angling of her right paw (left in photo) but vet said to wait it out, it's been 2 months now and seems to still be the same
That's a pastern problem (both of them!), a pretty bad conformation issue. How old is she? It may get better as she matures - follow what Ecko says - but probably won't be "cured". How old is she? She looks a bit "dwarfy" to me, with that high rear, along with the pastern issue - classic signs of chondrodysplasia (a form of dwarfism that has really crept into the breed since the invention of "bullies").
 
#7 ·
Also, by dwarf do you mean front legs short than back? Is she always going to look like that?

Have spoke to some people they recommend cutting nails like suggested above, feed rice and potato or sweet potato with kibble, no chicken, and buy glucosamine and vitamin c tablets/powder etc supplements, she's 6 and a half months old apparently it can improve before reaching adulthood but not sure how true this is
 
#8 ·
This looks pretty severe and while she may get better, I think she will always pretty much look like that. All the suggestions may help and won't hurt. I would just feed a good kibble - don't worry about it having chicken unless she has an allergy. And then the supplements but don't overdo them. As for the dwarfism, you can try to google "chondrodysplasia in dogs" and look at some of the pics. (I find that I don't get as much information on it as I used to -- searching just doesn't bring much up anymore!) Hard to tell on her, but two of the main symptoms are fronts like that and a top line that slopes from back to front. In some breeds, it is set and is part of the breed, like in Bassett Hounds and Corgis.
 
#14 · (Edited)
She's just a poorly bred dog with bad feet. She'll grow to her potential per her genetics and hormones. Follow the advice on the pasterns and she'll be a normal dog.
My bad, chondrodysplasia is just build up. She doesn't appear to have that issue in pics. She's also still young. So joints will have time to close and she'll tighten up as she matures. Looking at her, my biggest concern is still her pasterns.
 
#15 ·
In her latest picture, the pasterns do look a bit better! Any current pictures? As for chondrodysplasia, this description by the Alaskan Malamute club is pretty good. It appears in many breeds, including some game dogs, show Am Staffs, Norwegian Elkhounds and a lot of "bullies" where it has most likely been inadvertently bred for to get the low, bowed-leg, shorty "look". Also many other breeds, where it is usually strictly eliminated from the gene pool. Chondrodysplasia: A Closer Look

I do not know if this is what your dog has, but poor pasterns like that are one symptom.