No long term study have been done on the influence of
bad hip positioning related to hip problems.
Not exact matches
An infant car seat is not a good option as an after feeding
position as the
hips are bent towards the tummy too much and can put pressure on the baby's tummy making reflux
worse.
And all too often, a dog that looked OK in this
position was bred and passed along its
bad genes before its true
hip quality became apparent.
OFA bases its decisions about dysplasia on a single radiograph, but PennHip x-rays the dog in three different
positions to judge not only the presence of joint abnormalities but the amount of joint laxity (looseness), an indicator of future problems and of the propensity for passing
bad hips along to offspring.