http://dogkneeinjury.com/questions-to-ask-your-vet-prior-to-ccl-surgery/ Canine Cruciate Liagment - CCL Knee Injuries in Dogs Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://dogkneeinjury.com/questions-to-ask-your-vet-prior-to-ccl-surgery/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Chandler Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:17:37 +0000 http://dogkneeinjury.com/2008/questions-to-ask-your-vet-prior-to-ccl-surgery/#comment-2229 Our 4 year old, 37lb. Shar-pei tore her ACL 3 weeks ago. The vet said it's either a full tear or it's hanging on by a thread. We were going to do conservative management, but decided to go ahead and get the "fishing line" surgery. We also didn't want to dedicate months to conservative management, have it possibly fail, then dedicate more months to post-op rehab putting us into a winter (icy and slippery) recovery time. I did a lot of research on the web on conservative management, I like the idea of it and was ready to commit... then I inquired to a woman who sells raw meat dog food. She really recommended that we get the surgery because of the full tear. She said that she has been selling dog food for 9 years, and has seen many dogs in this situation (she is also a nurse at the local people hospital). I really listened to her advice and since she did not have any profit to be made off of us in this case (I wasn't trusting of vets after reading so many bad things online), I listened. Our dog is young, athletic, and healthy and I am hoping I am making the right decision so she can have her normal life back again. Well- "normal" meaning that now she can not play with her best friend like a maniac anymore, which is how she injured herself in the first place. Our 4 year old, 37lb. Shar-pei tore her ACL 3 weeks ago. The vet said it’s either a full tear or it’s hanging on by a thread. We were going to do conservative management, but decided to go ahead and get the “fishing line” surgery. We also didn’t want to dedicate months to conservative management, have it possibly fail, then dedicate more months to post-op rehab putting us into a winter (icy and slippery) recovery time. I did a lot of research on the web on conservative management, I like the idea of it and was ready to commit… then I inquired to a woman who sells raw meat dog food. She really recommended that we get the surgery because of the full tear. She said that she has been selling dog food for 9 years, and has seen many dogs in this situation (she is also a nurse at the local people hospital). I really listened to her advice and since she did not have any profit to be made off of us in this case (I wasn’t trusting of vets after reading so many bad things online), I listened. Our dog is young, athletic, and healthy and I am hoping I am making the right decision so she can have her normal life back again. Well- “normal” meaning that now she can not play with her best friend like a maniac anymore, which is how she injured herself in the first place.

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