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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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Dog Knee Surgery Recovery

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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Conservative Management for Knee Ligament – Lola

By on February 23, 2012 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Owner Experiences

Lola is a German Short Haired Pointer – very active, spins and bucks like a bronco 30 or 40 times a day! When she was about 7 she started favoring one back leg, not even weight bearing at times. We took her to the vet when this went on for a couple days and he [...]

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Bilateral Dog Knee Ligament Tears

Conservative Management for Bilateral Ligament Tears – Brandi Lee

By on February 19, 2012 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences

I have a very active 4 1/2 yr. old Boxer/Rott mix. I adopted her when she was 6 months old from the animal shelter here in Bozeman, Mt. It was Love at first sight! I was suffering from severe depression/servere anxiety disorder at the time, and when we met she put a smile back into [...]

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Physical Therapy for Dog Ligament Surgery

Bilateral TTA and Physical Therapy – Kendra

By on February 17, 2012 in Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TTA

My Kendra slipped and fell on a very icy day in my yard. She was running and hit an ice patch in the yard with a slight slope. At 180 lbs, she hit so hard that the gouge in the yard where she hit remained for a year. She tore both ACL’s to near complete [...]

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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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