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nashvillen -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (1/19/2012 9:21:22 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
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ORIGINAL: Terminus
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ORIGINAL: nashvillen
I have a 16 year old yellow lab that is still doing all the usual dog bodily functions. She is deaf, but sleeps comfortably on her mat in front of the fireplace. She has some hip displasia, but as long as she stays off of the hardwood floors she is fine. One of these days, I am going to have to make the hard choice to finish things for her or she is going just now wake up. It will be a sad day, either way.
I seem to recall that labs are particularly susceptible to dysplasia?
Labs are commonly affected with it, but there's a much stronger familial inheritability than there is a breed association. "Pure bred" or such and such registered don't really enter into it, it's about familial lines. Breeders that REALLY want to get it out of their systems will have prepurchase or prebreeding screens for dysplasia.
Like humans, there's also an association with obesity and hip / joint problems, such as dysplastic changes to joints.
Cool, thanks for the information! I guess I did my part when I spayed her as a puppy!
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