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Tightrope Surgery with Swivel Lock – Brian

By on April 7, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Recovery, Surgical Procedures, Swivel Lock, Tightrope Repair

Brian was the biggest pup of his litter. Now I know not to pick the biggest, since they are more prone to problems often. At 8 1/2 years his right knee went out. That was one week ago. Given his age and the size of this American Bulldog (120 lbs), I was not sure what [...]

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Traditional Repair for Small Dogs – Amy

By on April 1, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, Traditional Repair

Amy is a 4 year old rescue dog, a jack russell/pomeranian cross who lives with me and “brother”, Elliott – a 9 year old Jack Russell. She appeared lame on 15th March and her vet confirmed a torn cruciate ligament on her left rear leg. There was no apparent cause, but she had been very [...]

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Traditional Dog Knee Ligament Repair

Traditional Extracapsular Ligament Repair – Dalila

By on March 12, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, Traditional Repair

The day after Thanksgiving 2011, I took both my dogs, Samson (5 yr old Lab/Pit mix) and Dalila (2 yr old Border Collie mix), to the dog park so they could have time to run. They played hard for 2 hours, and Dalila spent most of her time running with the pack, her favorite activity. [...]

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Extracapsular Repair Surgery (Traditional) – Tide

By on March 8, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, Traditional Repair

My 4 year old black Lab, Tide, had the Traditional Repair done on her knee back in December 2008. Onset of Cruciate Ligament Injury At about 5 1/2 months old Tide started to limp. Of course, being the crazy worried Mommy that I am, I thought Hip Dysplasia right away. Off to the vet we [...]

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Dog Ligament Repair Surgery

A Tightrope Repair Surgery Story – Lucas

By on March 5, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, Tightrope Repair

The decision to have surgery. My dog, Lucas, is a very active/jumpy 3 year old pitbull / boxer mix. I noticed some lameness in his leg about a year ago, but it seemed to go away on its own. The real problem started after introducing my boyfriend’s 2 year old lab mix to him. They [...]

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TPLO Surgery for Dogs

Double TPLO Surgery – Crash

By on February 27, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

Crash had two TPLO surgeries – first on his right leg, then on his left leg, about 8 months apart. Crash’s 1st leg was a gradual slow tear. He had been limping for around 6 months, and I finally got talked into taking him to the vet. I did and he had a partial tear. [...]

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TPLO On Two Legs Within One Year – Pilot

By on February 7, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

Our Dogue de Bordeaux (very large at 145 lbs) had his 1st TPLO in June 2011 for a partially torn CCL and his 2nd TPLO a couple of weeks ago (other knee) with a again a partially torn CCL and Meniscus. He is now 16 days post op and doing well. His 2 week check [...]

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Dog TTA Surgery for ACL

TTA Surgery on Both Knees – Lacey

By on November 10, 2011 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TTA

Our 6 year old yellow lab tore her first ACL 2 years ago. After 4 months of limping and unsuccessful medications we had a traveling surgeon Do a TTA. She came home with 15 pages of instructions. It took months but she did finally regain all use of that leg. Recently she tore The ACL [...]

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Massage Therapy for Dogs – Video

By on October 25, 2011 in Physical Therapy, Video

When massaging your dog following a cranial cruciate ligament (ACL or CCL) injury it is important not to just focus on the injured knee joint, but the entire body, especially when initiating the massage. Some of the benefits of canine massage include: enhancing the human-animal bond, relieving pain and decreasing swelling. Dr. James suggests a [...]

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How to Measure Your Dog’s Muscle – Video

By on October 25, 2011 in Recovery, Video

Dr. James St. Clair of TopDog Health and Rehabilitation shows a simple, informative technique of measuring hind leg muscle to help track your dog’s progress during recovery from CCL surgery or throughout Conservative Management.

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