Ortho DogReviews of orthodog.com

We ordered the hip ortho support brace for our 14 year old poodle with hip issues. The company was great. They called after I ordered to clarify the size of my dog since I had mistakenly inputted the wrong weight. My dog still has issues but the brace provides support to his back legs and makes it easier for him to walk on wood floors, with less slippage. He appears to like it and will wear it the entire day. Thanks

I am so so thankful for the CCL brace it saved me 4000 bucks on my dog not having surgery, and with a lot of work my dog is heale. He tore his ACL last April, after 2 vets saying he needed surgery I found the brace from Orthodog. It was the best money I have spent in years. It was a lot of work but I would do it this way over surgery any day!!! Thank you orthodog so much

This Brace enabled our dog to walk again as we didn’t opt for surgery due to her age. There was an amazing difference as soon as you put it on she could walk rather than hopping on three legs. She healed correctly with the brace with a supervised limited exercise program. I give it 10/10. Once you had got the fitting correct it was easy to put on and take off. It was a lot easier that a carry sling for her back end as she was rather heavy 😀

we have a 13 year old chow and brace with rest and loving care helped heal his torn CCL. any question i had was quickly answered by ash and i would recommend company and product highly. we felt workmanship was outstanding even though we periodically had to adjust velcro straps. it looks almost new after 10+ weeks of use

The customer service is absolutely amazing I give them more than five stars if I could and their product is absolutely great but you gotta get it right otherwise contact these people and they will help you out and send them some photos

I am so pleased with the customer service here . I have only had a couple days use of the brace for my dogs torn acl but when I finely got it on properly, she just seemed so excited and happy and trying to bounce all over the place. This company was most helpful and I am very grateful to have found them . I will give them 5 stars now because the service I got was amazing! It was a little difficult to get to fit at first but once I did, so far, so good! Very please and next will be for her hip dysplasia

Our 12 year old German Shepherd has severe hip dysplasia, but is in overwise great health. She loves walks, but got to the point where she couldn't go for a walk, and she would lie around looking very unhappy. We looked into surgery, but the money is out of our budget range, so we tried the Ortho Dog brace about a month ago. I waited to write the review because at first she didn't really like it because it changed her gait. The first week, I would have given this product three stars. However, she knows the brace means a walk and that makes her happy. We started with very short walks where she would tire out and I thought I would have to carry her home at some points, but we kept at it. But the walks just keep getting longer and she is getting stronger and is much happier. Is this going to "fix" hip dysplasia? No, only surgery would do that. Keep your expectations realistic. For us, this brace has put the spark back in our dog. One month of use for us. Five stars.

Our 13 1/2 year old dog had really slowed down because of hip dysplasia that is so bad that his right leg bone was no longer connected to his hip. This meant having to carry this 65-pound dog up multiple flights of stairs. Walking had slowed to a painful shuffle with the nails of one rear leg often dragging on the pavement. He would walk a few feet slowly, stop, rest, and walk a few feet again. It was heartbreaking to watch :( Searching for some kind of solution, we heard super-positive feedback about Ortho Dog from a friend of a friend who had purchased their Hip Hound Brace for the same problem. We too read the negative reviews about their return policy (which is a bit restrictive but is also very common sense), but decided after researching competing products to give Ortho Dog a try. We bought the Hip Hound Brace hoping that using it would at least reduce our dog's pain while out for a walk. The results were and are GAME-CHANGING. Now I have to jog to keep up with our dog! He loves long walks again instead of pulling for home at the first street corner! Upon our return home, dog walks up the steps. No more carrying him!!!! He radiates confidence instead of pain and discomfort!!! We only use the Hip Hound Brace when we talk him outside for a walk. I do not know why, but the wonderful results have carried over to when he is moving around in the house without the brace. Last night I came home and he ran down the long hallway to greet me --- right next to our other dog who has no hip dysplasia and is much younger!!! The Ortho Dog has significantly improved our dog's quality of life, and we are super-grateful that they made this all possible!!! A few things you should also know: Ortho Dog offers several products tailored to various mobility problems. So if your dog has mobility issues other than hip dysplasia, I suggest you check out their web site to see whether they offer a product that addresses your dog's needs. This is no one size fits all solution! As part of the checkout process, the site asks some questions (have a yardstick or tape measure handy) to recommend the exact size of Hip Hound Brace to order. Before buying we had one or two questions; Ortho Dog responded within an hour or two to our email inquiry and even asked follow-up questions to provide us with an optimal answer. Good sign! For the first 3 or 4 days we put on the brace, our dog slightly resisted me putting on the brace and walked a bit awkwardly. After that break-in period, he now stands completely still as I put the brace on, and he begin walking like he did 5 or more years ago. So be a bit patient if you buy this product; it does work!!! There are velcro straps on the rear leg part of the brace that require a bit of trial and error to adjust to your dog's legs. But once you adjust them to fit, you can leave the velcro straps "locked" and just slip on the rear part of the brace like a pair of doggie shorts going forward. NOTICE: We have no relationship (financial or otherwise) with Ortho Dog and/or its owners. We received no compensation for writing this review. Ortho Dog doesn't know that this is being posted.