Okay folks, here's the latest. Anyone heard of this? “congenital deformity of both tibias with incongruent proximal and distal joints and external rotation of the hock.†So-called experts then said the dog will experience deterioration of his ligaments and possibly the onset of early arthritis. Sounds to me like he's cow-hocked? Anyone out there that can comment? This is an 8 month old male puppy. I should add that these same jerks over-rotated his hips and told the owners he had severe dysplasia - no xrays taken. When they went back for films, his hips were perfect, so they came up with this nonsense. The owners are complete dog novices - first time dog owners in adult their adult lives, and they are in their 40s. Bought a perfectly normal, strong, healthy, active and happy 8-week-old puppy from a litter of 7 in May.  Becky T. Dickson www.GretchAnya.com www.GSDbyDesign.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================