In November, when Ace is 2, Marsland will take him back to the veterinarian who said the dog had hip dysplasia. Another set of X-rays will be taken. If there is a cure with Ace, we're going to mount a full campaign to get this formula approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a preventative for hip dysplasia. But if the X-rays still show evidence of hip dysplasia and the dog remains clinically sound, we still have a winner. If the dog isn't showing lameness, who cares what the X-rays show.
Bottom line is the dog has a high quality of life and can hunt.
Marsland is making other converts. Jay and Val Walker of Lovell, Wyoming own Trieven-Sungold Kennels, which produces some of the nation's top Lab and golden retriever field trial dogs. Marsland asked the Walkers about a month ago to try his new product. I used it on a dog that recently had surgery on a back leg and on a female we had taken off a litter of 10 puppies. The female was in ragged shape because of having such a big litter.