displaced hip

Our 5 1/2 month old puppy Poppy took a fall while out walking in the week, straight away we realised she had injured herself so took her to the vets first thing the following morning. They x-rayed her advising us she had badly sprained her back leg. Treatment pain relief in her food and complete bed rest for a week. Proving difficult for our young enegetic puppy The worse news came after when the vets advised us she has a displaced him advising strongly against breeding her. Some say this is because they dont want future expense brought to the vet!!! And that we would be very safe to breed her. The only reason we would breed her is because its the right thing to do for her or not if it turns out. Advise needed please

Going to totally ignore the entire breeding aspect.

If he vets have said total rest then as hard is it maybe then you have too, I have just managed 4 weeks worth with mine, hard but not impossible.

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welcome, I am new here also. But I would never breed a staffy there are far too many in rescue . You should never breed an unhealthy dog any way, you need lots of tests first to make sure everthing is ok.


Just make sure she is fine looked after and you have a great pet, take training serious feed her well and excerise her and when the time comes gather bits done a the vet xx

its important to us the shes treated as she should be and as she needs to be her health comes first. hank you for ur advise its all alot clearer to me now, shes my first dog as my own as well xx

I'm so sorry to hear that Poppy seems to have hip dysplasia. I am sure that you will get plenty of advice on this site and from your vet as to how to help Poppy cope with it.

And, if she does have hip dysplasia (please get more advice from your vet about this ) it is congenital and on no account should she be bred from as she would pass the condition on to her pups. As you say the only reason you would breed her would be that it is right thing to do for her - please don't worry about that all. No bitch NEEDS to breed, it is a myth that every bitch needs to have a litter. What they don't have, they don't miss.

Anyway, first things first - get her as well as possible with the help of your vet and as Janey says, it must be VERY hard to keep an energetic puppy still - it won't always be possible but I am sure you will do your best to keep her calm and rested.

Good luck - do let us know how Poppy gets on.

Lynda, thats sounds like the advise im looking for
she has another appointment at the vets friday coming so we go from there. I think you answered all my concerns there, Thank you xxx

From what you have rescued her from she may have underlying damage. Really unsure why you would want to consider breeding though x

just purely from a view if it was what we are "ment to" i know im sounding very naive but she is our first dog and we want to look after her correctly getting the correct information xx

Ok, no you do not and should not, and I honestly mean that in the nicest possible way.

Enjoy her as a pet and I hope you get things sorted after the x ray, she just needs a stable forever home with you Xx

from what you guys are saying no we shouldnt and dont we wont be sometimes being blunt and too the point is what people need Shes going no where now her home is with us. Thank u for your help Janey xx

I'm glad I was helpful.

I thankfully have not experienced a displaced hip with any of my dogs but can imagine how worrying it can be. You've got a long wait until Friday, during which you must do your best to keep Poppy as rested and quiet as possible, and I do wish you good luck with that as it WILL be difficult. If Poppy gets worse, you will need to take her back earlier. But when you do see your vet, please ask him/her to explain to you exactly what the x-rays showed and whether Poppy just has a bad sprain, or whether the bad sprain was caused by hip dysplasia. If the vet is convinced that she does have a hip problem, then he/she should explain to you exactly what that is and how to manage the condition.

Wishing you good luck >< and do let us know how you get on.

ill let you know how we get on, but yes the vets did say take her back early if we are concerned. Thank you again
from Poppy too

Sorry. Do you mean hip dysplasia or a displaced hip as in its been knocked out from injury?

I ask because its usually in both hips not just one, but if the hip is injured it can effect the dogs mating and birthing or ability to look after the pups.


On the breeding thing, no. Bitches don't "need" a litter that's just a con to make the money someone paid for a dog back, in my opinion.

If it is Hip Dysplasia it can manifest itself in varying degrees, and it can occur in one hip and not the other, Xrays taken by the Vets should be sent off to be analyzed and you will be given a hip score for both hips, the higher the score the worse it is, and she should not be bred from. If she is not a Rescue get in touch with her breeder and tell him/her, if he/she is a responsible person they will not breed from the dog and bitch again. Look up www.bva.co.uk site lots of info there.

hip dysplasia and they def said its only in one hip

ill speak to the vets friday because they said nothing about sending the x-ray to be analized
im afraid both her prevous owner or breeder are not really fussed, it would seem they breed just for money, something we are not interested in. Thank you for your helpful advise

Poppy Andrews wrote:just purely from a view if it was what we are "ment to" i know im sounding very naive but she is our first dog and we want to look after her correctly getting the correct information xx

Hayley wrote:Sorry. Do you mean hip dysplasia or a displaced hip as in its been knocked out from injury?
I ask because its usually in both hips not just one, but if the hip is injured it can effect the dogs mating and birthing or ability to look after the pups.
On the breeding thing, no. Bitches don't "need" a litter that's just a con to make the money someone paid for a dog back, in my opinion.

Poppy Andrews wrote:ill speak to the vets friday because they said nothing about sending the x-ray to be analized
im afraid both her prevous owner or breeder are not really fussed, it would seem they breed just for money, something we are not interested in. Thank you for your helpful advise

Hi there.

Has your vet said how bad the hip is? Has it been x-rayed or just manipulated? If it's just manipulation then it could just be puppy looseness of the joints. She's far too young to say whether or not any dysplacia will be bad (unless it's very bad already) and she's also too young to send the x-rays off to have them scored - she'll have to be at least 12 months for that.

The vet is right, though, in as much as you shouldn't breed from her. HD (Hip Dysplacia) is hereditary, is a tremendous problem in some breeds & is becoming a problem in Staffords. Also, bitches don't need to have a litter to make them 'fulfilled'. I would personally advise you to have her spayed at about 18 months - 2 years old to ensure that no accidents happen!

Just enjoy her as your friend & companion & she'll give you many years of unconditional love!