u/Deep-Albatross-6664

Hi guys,

Our now 1y 5m old labradoodle started limping on her left leg for the first time 6 months ago. We brought her to the vet and they felt she has sprained a ligament. The limp resolved after anti-inflammatories and rest. No x-ray done at the time

She started limping on the left again a few weeks ago and we figured she may have sprained ligament again. We rested her as before and though things improved, we noted she would have a left limp / hopping on right intermittently especially when she gets up from lying down.

After a few weeks of the recurrent limp, we had her booked in for an x-ray.

I had braced myself for some kind of a CCL tear and requirement for surgery but was so heartbroken to be told she had sustained a salter Harris fracture at some point in the past now resulting in a leg length discrepancy. + That she has hip dysplasia.

I posted her x-ray images from today on here -

https://postimg.cc/gallery/bZ3LRck

She's quite an active dog and loves her walks but unfortunately hasn't been on too many walks recently as we were afraid to do damage pending the x-ray.

She is being referred to an orthopaedic vet but I'm wracked with guilt that I missed this and scared about what comes next.

Until we hear from ortho, I wonder if any vets here ever had this before ?

TLDR - 1y 5 month old labradoodle has intermittent limp & x-ray shows hip dysplasia, old salter Harris fracture resulting in one femur shorter than the other. Awaiting orthopaedic vet review & just wondering if any vets here have had any experience with this and what to expect next