We had been taking our German Shepherd to a vet for a couple of months. They told us that she needed surgery for her knee. They told us it would have been $2400. A friend of ours referred us to Foley Animal Hospital telling us how great they were. We brought the xrays of her knee with us. When Dr. Barr came in after reviewing the xrays and feeling her leg, he told us right away that it wasn't her knee. He said that she had no arthritis in between the months of her xrays and no fluid on the knee. He asked if they checked her hips. I told them they did a physical check of them and they were fine. Dr. Barr did an xray of her hips and diagnosed her with hip dysplasia. You could totally see on the xray that they were bad. When our other vet was showing us her knee xrays, I didn't know what he was showing us, but I just assumed he knew what he was talking about. Dr. Barr gave us a list of options and suggested what he would do if it was his dog. She will be going throught 4 weeks of shots twice a week of Adequan. She got her first shot during that visit and has already shown great improvement. 4 days later she was running up the stairs which she hadn't done in months. She's a happier dog and much more active already. We have another German Shepherd and will be switching to this hospital for now on, even though it's a 40 minute drive. The people are so nice and knowledgable. Today she'll be getting her 2nd shot and I can't wait to see what changes those will make.
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