Hip Dysplasia Golden Retriever Symptoms. It can occur in one or both hip joints. In general his hind-end will be lame and weak.
Some of the symptoms of hip dysplasia include. The first is during skeletal immaturity when canines are between 6 and 14 months of age. This is a genetic disease that results in malformation of the hip joint a ball-and-socket joint.
Difficulty getting up from a lying or sitting position or in climbing stairs.
Symptoms of Hip Dysplasia Symptoms of canine hip dysplasia may depend on three factors the laxity of the joint the duration of the disease and the degree of inflammation. A golden retriever that is suffering from hip dysplasia will refuse to flex his or her hind legs because of the excruciating pain. The predominant symptom is the lameness more or less serious. If it began later it may due to joint degeneration andor osteoarthritis.
