The Disease

• In hip displaysia the dog's femur rubs incorrectly in its socket, which results in inflammation and leads to arthritis.
  
  

Symptoms

• A dog developing hip displaysia may limp or move stiffly. These dogs are also not interested in moving around much or playing.
  
  

Management Techniques

• A dog with mild symptoms may be managed rather than actively treated with diet, regular exercise, pain medications and shockwave therapy.
  
  

Treatments

• When a dog is showing severe symptoms, he usually undergoes some type of surgery depending on the dog's situation: triple pelvic osteotomy (the pelvic bone is cut in three places and moved so that the joint fits together better), femoral head and neck incision (where the femoral head and neck is removed) and total hip replacement surgery.
  
  

Prognosis

• The sooner the dog is diagnosed, the better chances the dog has of being managed or treated effectively. A dog with mild symptoms can be made comfortable through management techniques for a long time, and most dogs recover well from hip replacement surgeries.