A one-year-old, male, neutered Golden retriever was presented with chronic progressive symptomsof pain and lameness of the hind limbs. Orthopedic examination revealed muscle atrophy of bothhind limbs, severe pain reaction at passive extension of the hips and crepitation on palpation of thecoxofemoral joints. A ventrodorsal radiograph of the hips showed a heterogeneous appearance with thepresence of osteolytic areas of both femoral necks. There was a bilateral cranial displacement of thefemoral neck in respect to the head with a fracture through the physeal plate. Bilateral slipped capitalfemoral epiphysis disease was diagnosed. A bilateral femoral head and neck excision was performed,followed by fysio- and hydrotherapy.The diagnosis of femoral capital physeal dysplasia may be missed because of the subtle radiographicchanges in the first stadia of the disease. An early diagnosis is of major importance because treatmentoptions decrease with progression of the condition.