<html><head></head><body><div>Hi all, Dale here,</div><div><br></div><div>Oh I learned this the hard way! BEWARE the basset xray ...... bassets look like cartoon characters on xray with space between joints where other breeds don't have them. I remember when I first had Snoopy xrayed at age 5 .... they told me the bridge of his hips was about to collapse and that and a host of other problems would mean the dog wouldn't last the year. Well, Snoopy could fly at that point and did for a number of years after. He's been down in the back, twice, but he's back up and running and has been for a couple of years. Snoopy is going to be 14 in June!!</div><div><br></div><div>Don't believe a word they say about your bassets xray unless</div><div><br></div><div>1) They are comparing the xray to a different xray of the SAME dog and are telling you things are changing</div><div>2) They are pointing to a facture/broken bone/blown disc/lodged foreign object ...... ie something obvious</div><div>3) They are accustomed to reading a bassets xray</div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy your girl. Certainly most bassets do eventually get joint problems and a supplement is a good way to help their joints. I use triple max.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Dale</div><div class="ydp88c02bd8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></div></body></html>