Good morning. My husband and I just adopted a 5-6 mos old Boerboel with confirmed Hip Displaysia. He is currently extremely underweight by about 20 lbs. Any other Boerbel owners out there with experience raising a pup with hip displaysia?
Marke's going to be your best resource on this, I think. Hopefully he checks in soon. In the meantime, thank your for rescuing and pictures wed love to see pictures.
can you post the x-ray ? did they tell you why he was dysplastic ? honestly , underweight is a plus ........ walk him a lot , uphill as much as possible , controlled up and down stairs , drag pulling light chains or a sled are all ways to strengthen their rears with minimal imact .....discourage hard running , cutting and jumping , high impact , high torque exercises ..... encourage low impact exercises , as much as possible ........ hd is not the death sentence as many believe , you want to prevent/delay the arthritic remodeling that takes place over time ....... get their rears as strong as possible without banging up the joint will do that ...........
