Table 3.

Owner's guess of treatment given versus actual treatment given and their prospective wishes regarding gold bead implantation for their dog in a clinical controlled therapy trial of 80 dogs with canine hip dysplasia. The two opinions of the owner were requested at the end of the 6 month trial and before the randomization code was broken. One dog owner per dog expressed their opinion.

Owner's guess of treatment given	Treatment actually given		Wanted gold implantation if not given previously
	Placebo	Gold	Yes	No
Placebo	8	3	11	0
Gold	22	30	35	17
Don't know	12	3	13	2