Pup...

inkjunkie said

A pup with scoliosis...how does it effect her? We are on a waiting list with a couple of folks in Grants Pass for a Bluetick Coonhound.

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They have told us that they are not going to breed her until the right male is found. Pretty much every Coonhound breeder we have spoken with are not in it for the money, it is about bettering (is that even a word?) the breed. Several that I spoke with would not sell me a hound unless I was either going to hunt or show the pup. Redbones make great pets, they are very loyal to there owners.

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The most noticeable thing it affects is it's turned her right front leg out and twisted her paw quite a bit but she can still walk on it, we call it her paddle cause she kinda swings it around as she goes. We told the breeders about it via phone, they said we could bring the dog back, my wife's like yeah right as we had owned her for several months. Now she can't walk too far, we either have to tape her paw up because she drags it and it's hard on her pads, so the wife got her a dog stroller, I think some people probably look at that and think we must miss having kids...too funny. If they ask about the stroller with a suspicious eye, we just smile and tell them she has scoliosis, that has got some reactions!!