Thread: HD - Not a common test-issue?

Im very interested in this subject one of our dogs has HD but that isnt to bad its the damage he has done to his back & other legs compensating for his hip that is the problem. Both his parents were hip scored & none of his litter mates have it. We think possible life style even though we were careful not to over excersise him, let him go up & down stairs or jump in & out of the car etc. Just our luck

I do worry about Louie with the speed he is growing & we have tryed not to let him leap around to much but it is very hard with a kitten, I did opt not to get a floor to ceiling cat tree though. I think the RC food is very good with it haveing glucosomine & chondroitin for healthy joints & other ingrediants for healthy heart but I think the more breeding cats that are screened for health problems the better. Louie is haveing this food already as well as his kitten food & anyother food he can get his paws on I also feed it to our eldest who has arthritus & was unable to jump up to where we have the food, even with a step system we sorted for him, he has been on it for 3 weeks now & is much better & rushing around like a kitten again so I think it does work & much better than metacam.

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