Personally I feel that you need to work on your depression first. Two dogs is very stressful. I usually have two or three dogs at a time in my household and I can't even believe the stress of just one more dog. I think that before you make any decisions, you need to get more help for you depression, because I've dealt with it and I know how it feels, and I know that someone in a depressed state can not only make poor decisions, but also can't make a commitment.

Swimming is the best thing for hip dysplasia. Lots and lots of swimming. It supports the weight while the dog exercises, and uses almost every muscle in the body. Swimming in warm water is best, so if that's possible, tkae great advatage of it, but if it's not, the lake is good enough.

Shark cartilage is supposed to be more effective than glucoasmine. I use both. Seropeptase is awesome, and it has no side effects. Marine oil is also great for lubricating the joints. I use seal oil, I've heard alot of good about it. Be careful with cod liver oil, too much can cause Vitmin A toxitity. Devil's Claw is another good one, and chondroitin.

Quote Originally Posted by Lori Jordan
You can see hypdysplaisia(sp) it is not hard to see if the dog does has it i have seen many dogs with the hd
Actually most cases of HD are not severe enough where you can actually tell just by looking. I've seen dogs that look perfectly normal whose OFA papers came back saying the dog is dysplastic. Most times health registry papers come back like that, the owner is shocked. It's why hip testing is so important before breeding, you never know if the dog is dysplastic, most times it is mild and only in one hip.