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A Border Collie Ran Flyball Again 10 Months After a Hip Replacement. Cats and Toy Breeds Are Next in Line
New university findings highlight potential implications for dogs, animal health, and veterinary practice.
There is published literature on outcomes in both dogs and cats.
The smallest patients have long been offered a salvage procedure and told it was good enough.
Cementless implants in micro sizes change that conversation, and the reason why is worth understanding precisely.
A video showed up unannounced in Dr.
A border collie named The Tick, running the fourth leg of a flyball relay, sprinting 51 feet down a course, clearing hurdles, grabbing a tennis ball and coming back over the hurdles again.
Knazovicky, a small animal orthopedic surgeon at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, had replaced that dog's hip less than a year earlier.
His own description of what these cases look like afterward is understated.
The dogs are weight bearing the next day, still sore from the procedure itself, and later on it becomes clear the surgery “really takes the pain away…
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October 4, 2026 · Evidence feed live

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