ACL surgery for a dog - recommendations...
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Biting the bullet tomorrow.... Paying for the big surgery. I have called a lot of vets across the Midwest...seriously... Anyway, they all had the same advice, with the weight of our dog, the best surgery would be the $3000 surgery. She is only five so I am counting on her living another 10 years (fingers crossed). If I went the cheaper route, I will have a potential knee replacement when the cheaper one snaps or the other knee blows out.
Thanks for all of the advice on here. I appreciate it. I see both sides but plan on the dog being with our family for a long time.
Thanks for all of the advice on here. I appreciate it. I see both sides but plan on the dog being with our family for a long time.
Hope it goes well and your dog gets back to jumping on the furniture, tracking mud through the house, shedding on everything you own, and pooping all over the yard in no time.
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Yeah it's a tough call I had to make too. Make sure you keep the dog on a good joint pill. I use rejuvinate from the vet (Would love to find a place to ge them cheap btw) and have had no issue since the surgery on her knee or any sign of a problem on the other knee. My dog is around 4 now and it happened around a year ago.
