<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><strong><em>Listen to your breeder about hips and knees!!!!!!!</em></strong></font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Almost all Basset babies have loose hips and knees that seem to luxate to a Vet. They ALWAYS want to get in there surgically and fix it. WAIT. For a year. At least. Wait until the growth plates have closed. I don't care what your Vet says, the chances are excellent that there is absolutely not one thing wrong with her hips or knees that you would not find in the next 100 Basset pups.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">When the University of Wisconsin Orthopedics Dept x-rayed one of my puppies for a serious bone problem (not what you are talking about) they said to me "We do not really KNOW what is NORMAL for a Basset."</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">My own Vet acknowledges this. We very nearly fixed knees on my bitch because Doc thought they were luxating and when the Orthopedic surgeon looked at her and the x-rays he said NO WAY AM I TOUCHING THIS. There is nothing wrong. She's a puppy, her ligaments aren't tight, her growth plates aren't closed, in 6 months bring her back and I bet that knee is fine, and it was.</font></font></div>
<div><br>I am not the only one who is going to tell you this.</div>
<div>If a Golden Retriever bounced you around a few times, you might limp for a day or two also. Big difference between soft tissue injury and a broken bone but listen to your breeder about hip dysplasia and luxating kneecaps. She is not kidding. And she's right.</div>
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<div>MomPerson to Nigel, Llewis, Conley and Cooper</div>