Flying Poodles

Hips and Elbows

I had Dancer spayed and I had Elly’s teeth cleaned. While they were under general anesthesia, I had both dogs’ hips and elbows x-rayed for OFA. Since we do agility, I wanted to know what was going on in there. Both dogs run like maniacs off-leash and have never complained, so I was stunned when Elly’s hips showed up as at least somewhat dysplastic (good elbows, though). Dancer’s hips and elbows look fine, according to the vet, but no results from OFA for either dog, yet.

The vet says not to worry since Elly’s showing no pain. BUT. How can I not worry? The poor beast already has IBD… now this?