How are you all doing, it's been a long time since I've posted on here. My lasts posts were that I was considering a Dogue de Bordeaux. Well, I never followed through with one, but this passed week I had the opportunity to adopt a bullmastiff pup. My first mastiff.
Long story short, a coworker's neighbor had gotten a bullmastiff at 3 months and decided they did not want to keep her due to an unexpected pregnancy so I took a risk and took her this passed weekend (I had my concerns as I did not know the dogs background). She is now right at 4 months, I'm estimating only 35 lbs or so and she is great. Well, I've been a little paranoid about her hips and after watching her behavior for the past week I've convinced myself she has hip dysplacia. She is a great dog but she tends to sit with her legs bowed out to one side and she has that butt wobble when she walks. She also seems to be that "great puppy" that I have read about, one that is calm and collected and not just super playful.
Which brings me to my next questions, am I being overly paranoid or is this normal for a bullmastiff at her age? Is it possible she just needs to grow into her legs? Or do I really need to be thinking about getting her x-rayed and taking the next steps...
We have a vet appointment next week but my anxiety is through the roof right now!
Long story short, a coworker's neighbor had gotten a bullmastiff at 3 months and decided they did not want to keep her due to an unexpected pregnancy so I took a risk and took her this passed weekend (I had my concerns as I did not know the dogs background). She is now right at 4 months, I'm estimating only 35 lbs or so and she is great. Well, I've been a little paranoid about her hips and after watching her behavior for the past week I've convinced myself she has hip dysplacia. She is a great dog but she tends to sit with her legs bowed out to one side and she has that butt wobble when she walks. She also seems to be that "great puppy" that I have read about, one that is calm and collected and not just super playful.
Which brings me to my next questions, am I being overly paranoid or is this normal for a bullmastiff at her age? Is it possible she just needs to grow into her legs? Or do I really need to be thinking about getting her x-rayed and taking the next steps...
We have a vet appointment next week but my anxiety is through the roof right now!