My son has a young (1yr3mths) White German Shepherd dog. He gets a sore hip from time to time that the Vet has identified as hip displacia. It happens in any hip and not the same one. I was wondering if any one has a lot of experience of these dogs and knows how to minimise these bouts. Apparently these dogs are prone to this condition. He is given frequent short walks on the lead, as he runs around like mad if he's off the lead. We give him Seven Seas cod liver oil in his food. The vet says he can live with it if it doesn't get worse than mild.