Hip x rays for cinnamon toast

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And anyone else who is interested. These are what I would call good clear plates, you can see the hip joint quite clearly, feel free to have a guess at scores ;)

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Ignore the coloured bits showing through the bones, its the lawn and washing on the line, I put x rays up to the window to take pics :)
 
Given this is apparently a good set of hips, I think your x rays definitely show hints of the femoral head not sitting properly. Please bear in mind that I have only got the experience of my dogs' x rays to go on!
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Am even more appalled at Zak's x rays. The vet was very reluctant to take another plate: I just wonder if he has produced a poor exposure deliberately. Why would he not take another x ray seeing how poor this is?
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That is why I posted these x rays, to show you how poor those of Zak are, I too am surprised he didn't take another x ray. It is very hard for the layman to read plates so I was being a bit mean asking people to guess scores, there is a reason the BVA panel use precise measurements. The first plates are Evie and scored a total of 7(3:4) so are actually pretty good plates, the second ones are Buffy, total score 38 (22:16), so a big diifference between them.
I hope when you do change vets you will get a decent set of plates and are able to find out what is causing Zaks problem.
 
I would compare your first plate to Zak's, although again, I am no expert. I am starting to wonder if the issues elsewhere as even the other vet at the practise said he sees no degeneration between a year ago and now and I think that dysplasia is not perhaps the issue. If it's elsewhere, I'm not sure where to start. Spine? He's much more lame now than since the last x rays.
 
Poor Zak, it certainly seems unlikely the problem is coming from his hips if the x rays look pretty good. Hopefully a new vet will actually try and get to the cause of the problem rather than fobbing you off.
 
Here are mine (well, the dog's :p) taken at 12 months, these scored A-Normal under the German scheme (BVA equivalent total 0-4)

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B, the older dog, is dead lame after a good run on a hard surface, it presents as lameness in his left hind leg but it is his L7 vertebrae which is damaged. On digital, his hips were as good as the vet had seen after many years of submitting to the BVA.
 
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