10 month old, male (not yet neutered), GSD/Rottweiler rescue mix, 75lbs, in great health. He slipped going up our carpeted stairs last night and was clearly hurt. We brought him into the vet and they found he had dislocated his hip and then diagnosed him with moderate hip dysplasia. They were literally booking him for FHO urgent surgery today but thankfully they were able to pop it back in and are going to send him home later today. It’ll be a long, fairly complex recovery but we’re just glad he’s coming home and that we didn’t have to rush into a surgery.
My question is the stairs in our house. We will now be purchasing a ramp for our vehicles, monitoring his activities more closely, take him to physio etc, but our carpeted stairs are fairly steep and he does go up and down them multiple times a day since our bedroom and his bedroom (yes, he has his whole own bedroom) are upstairs, and our living spaces are downstairs. Obviously we will be carrying him up and down the stairs for the foreseeable future, but once he’s 110% recovered in a few months, I’m wondering what we should do about the stairs. Some things I’m reading say that having him gently use the stairs once or twice a day is helpful for hip dysplasia, other sources say stairs should be avoided as much as possible.
Does anyone have any experiences with this, or resources to provide for the future? Thank you!!
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