Just as diabetes, epilepsy, cancer and arthritis can run in certain human families, these conditions can pass down through dog families, too, even if your pet is a mutt with multiple breeds on its family tree. Hip dysplasia is abnormal development and growth of the hip joint — common in larger dogs — that can cause painful arthritis and movement problems. Fred, King Sigfred and other dogs prove daily that a hereditary disease doesnât automatically mean that you and your dog must suffer. Use of this site section and any information contained on or provided through this site section is at your own risk and any information contained on or provided through this site section is provided on an “as is” basis without any representations or warranties.

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