re: Anyone had a young dog with hip dysplasia?

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vet tech basically

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Vet techs haven't been to vet school. They say what they're told to say. I have known at least one for 15 years, and she admits she's not good for a whole hell of a lot other than administering injections and following vet instructions. No offense to vet techs, but but it's like saying "we both carry hammers to work, so we know wood and nails, right?"

Not to dispute anything at all Caro81 said (clearly, clearly, more schooled and experienced than the rest of us), but my general experience is that vets that treat large animals are much more straight forward in their assessments than vets that have a 90% population of Labradoodles, Frenchies, and Bulldogs (ie, animals that are bred to be f@*@ up.)

If it makes you feel any better at all (and this depresses me), I had a friend who had a black lab blow a (PCL or ACL) at about four, and just simply ran with three legs and sort of limped for the rest of his life for another 7+ years.

Dogs just want you. Whether they stumble getting to you or not, they just want the feelz. It's your job not to try to take them on mile long walks, or try to get them to chase a ball for hours on end with disabilities. Your dog is now just a version of NFL players that have a knee injury every 18 months. Still good, but not doing a whole lot of running.

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The best thing to do is make the animal as pain free as possible. If you can achieve that then quality of life is good. yes you might not be able to have an active lifestyle with the dog. However all the dog really cares about if it feels like its part of the pack/family and is loved.

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Where did all that dust come from all of a sudden?