My new foster mom even took me to obedience school. Now I have a degree in Basic Obedience. All of the humans I have met say that I am pretty, sweet and smart. Hip dysplasia is an abnormal development and growth of the hip joint. Hip dysplasia is manifested by varying degrees of laxity of the muscles and ligaments around the hip joint with instability and malformation of the joint components.
Arthritis is the long term consequence of undetected or untreated hip dysplasia.
It is a painful and disabling condition. I cry when I get up, even with my pain medication that my foster mom gives me. I am only two years old. My life is very painful now and it will only get worse. I will never brighten another human life nor will I get my own family to love.