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Chubi Shitzu/Pincher/Pug

By on August 27, 2018 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

Chubi is now 7 tears old. About a year ago, I noticed that Chubi was limping. At one point she was unable to get up the stairs. I went to the vet and they recommended some muscle relaxants and that the dog only have short walks for about 2 weeks. This seemed to work and […]

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Louie – TPLO Alternative

By on August 6, 2018 in Complications, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Surgery, Recovery, TPLO

Our 6 month old rescue Greyhound/GSD cross was playing with another dog at the park and we heard a yelp and he started to limp. It looked at first as if he had hip dysplasia and had tweaked it, he had the typical wiggly walk and tended to bunny hop instead of running, including when […]

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Brewster – Ruptured CCL

By on July 27, 2018 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Recovery, Symptoms

Hello! I stumbled onto this page after frantically searching the Internet for answers to the horrible diagnosis I received on Tuesday July 24th 2018 for my dog, Brewster! Brewster is a 1 year old, happy, playful American Staffordshire Terrier. He was born on Mother’s day 2017. I adopted him from a local pitbull rescue here […]

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Murphy – TPLO Surgery Complication

By on June 27, 2018 in CCL Injury, Complications, Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Recovery

My boxer Murphy, is a 6 year old very active and healthy boy. He had a partial tear in his CCL and excessive inflammation in his knee joint (unfortunately common in boxers). Today was his TPLO surgery and when the vet called she said there was a ‘slight complication’ during the procedure. She went on […]

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Precious – Tightrope Repair and PRP

By on June 13, 2018 in CCL Injury, Recovery, Surgical Procedures, Tightrope Repair

Hi everyone…my boxer is 2.5 months short of 3 years. She has always been very active and an avid ball chaser and frisbee catcher. We noticed her limping on her hind right leg a few months ago..but when let outside…bursts into a full run. Her limping worried us enough that we made an appointment with […]

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Mishka – TPLO Surgery and Recovery

By on May 28, 2018 in CCL Injury, Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Recovery, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

My little 4 year old border collie x Labrador Mishka tore her CCL 10 weeks ago. She was outside absolutely fine and running around and then all of a sudden when I went to bring her dinner, she was limping around with a foot that refused to touch the ground. I was concerned, but assumed […]

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Bilateral TPLO – Gabby

By on May 23, 2018 in CCL Injury, Complications, Recovery, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

  Our 5-1/2 year old Gabby, a black lab/pit mix rescue tore her CCLs bilaterally back in August of 2017 from a day of too much running and climbing stairs at a new home where we had a very large fenced area installed for our dogs to enjoy. That night, she laid down to nap […]

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ACL Surgery – Ruby

By on May 7, 2018 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Surgery, Financing, Forum, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

Approximately two years ago, my black lab/pit/boxer started limping in her right back leg. I took her to the vet who said it was an ACL injury. She recommended surgery or possibly a brace. I took her home and tried to think of a way to come up with the money. Some sites said she […]

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Conservative Management and Holistic Treatment – Muffin

By on April 18, 2018 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Brace, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Holistic Treatment, Non-Surgical Options, Owner Experiences

Hello everyone, On May 1, 2017 my 8-year-old Newfoundland was running around in the yard when I heard a yelp. I turned around and saw that she was on the ground and couldn’t get up. I helped her to get up on her feet but she could not walk on her injured right rear leg. […]

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Tightrope Repair and PRP – Precious

By on February 13, 2018 in CCL Injury, Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, Tightrope Repair

Hi everyone…my boxer is 2.5 months short of 3 years. She has always been very active and an avid ball chaser and frisbee catcher. We noticed her limping on her hind right leg a few months ago, but when let outside bursts into a full run. Her limping worried us enough that we made an […]

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