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In my research for my perfect poodle friend, I have come across a breeder who has an adult male toy poodle who is neutered and housetrained and currently recovering from surgery for Legg-Calve-Perthes. He is 3 months post surgery, and has some restrictions on walking on stairs but otherwise apparently has the all clear.
I am still in the very early stages of considering this, and if I decide to move forward will of course get my vet's opinion, but just wondered if any of you had any knowledge or experience with this condition. What is the long-term recovery like?
I'm hoping to do agility with my dog (casually rather than seriously competitively, but it would be doing lessons once a week). My gut says it's probably not a great idea to run a dog with a hip disorder in agility, but that may not be at all true! Does anyone know if a dog that has had surgery for this can go back to normal levels of activity once it has recovered?
I am still in the very early stages of considering this, and if I decide to move forward will of course get my vet's opinion, but just wondered if any of you had any knowledge or experience with this condition. What is the long-term recovery like?
I'm hoping to do agility with my dog (casually rather than seriously competitively, but it would be doing lessons once a week). My gut says it's probably not a great idea to run a dog with a hip disorder in agility, but that may not be at all true! Does anyone know if a dog that has had surgery for this can go back to normal levels of activity once it has recovered?