have you ever heard or seen this?

hi All

I took Luna, a 1 year old choc lab, to the vet today because I think she is walking pretty stiff on her hind legs. The vet told me that Luna is (directly translated from danish) "steep angled" - she is not using her knees.

It sounded as if it was pretty common, but I have never heard of it before. Have any of you heard or seen this?

Jeanette

Hi, sorry cant be much help

Are you going to look into it further or just wait and see how it develops

must say I've never heard of it either Jeanette.. sorry.

Check out this link at the Animal Clinic: http://www.animalclinic.com/luxpatel.

The Animal Clinic
The patella, or knee cap, should be located in the center of the knee joint. The term "luxating" means out of place or dislocated. Therefore, a luxating patella is a knee cap that moves out of its normal location.

Thank God we have you Bon :smt058

You are gonna make me blush..... ops: I love to read especially about health problems in both people and animals. I have been told by those near and dear to me that I am a hypocondriac :smt102

now i dont believe that! -that u r a hypo'c-

Sounds more like a lack of angulation to me, i.e. lacking turn of stifle and rather weak in the upper & lower thigh.

Hi All

Bon:
Unfortunately there is repair on the site, so can't use the link. But she is not hurting and according to the vet it isn't an injurie (or that's what I thought I heard)

Carole: I'm thinking of consulting another vet in the area to hear his opinion. And I would like to read up on it, so I'm going to the library tomorrow to borrow a book about the labrador to see if they mention it.

Shadowboxer: That does sound kind of like that, but she doesn't seem weak in her thigh, I actually think she is very muscular. But thats just me.

I was at dog training this morning, and nobody there had heard about it either. Of course this is a mix of dogs not an all labrador course, because they focus too much on the hunting part. My girl is not used for hunting, so I would rather train other things important to me such as recall, sit, stay, and all those things.

Jeanette

Hi there.....I am glad she is not in any pain. Check out this link, it is a spotlight on the Labrador by VetCentric: http://www.vetcentric.com/magazine/m...ARTICLEID=1009


Luxating Patella - Animal Clinic
http://www.animalclinic.com/luxpatel.htm