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Conservative Management – Koko

By on June 19, 2013 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences

Koko is a 58 pound Labradoodle. She will be 9 in October. We were told she tore her right CCL in 2009, but we did not do surgery. We kept her activity down and began daily glucosamine and fish oil. Recently, she started limping again with the cold weather. We put her on Rimadyl and […]

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A-Trac Dynamic Brace

A-Trac Dynamic Brace Experience – Mookie

By on June 15, 2013 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Brace, Owner Experiences

All I can say is I should had seen the red flag when they said ‘No Returns or Money Back’! The A-Trac Dynamic Brace did more harm then good. Our Black Lab was in so much more pain and stressed with the brace on. When our dog would sit or lie down the brace would […]

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Cruciate Ligament Treatment without Surgery

Conservative Management for a Dog with Pre-Existing Conditions – Sadie

By on December 7, 2012 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Owner Experiences

Sadie is my daytime companion. My husband is Sadie’s favorite person at night when he gets home. Two weeks ago today we took Sadie to see the vet. Our dog was limping she somehow bad hurt herself Friday while turning around in the house. Sadie has some pre-existing conditions epilepsy and hypothyroidism. So the vet […]

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Adequan for Dog Knee Injuries

Adequan for Cruciate Ligament Tears – Stevie Girl

By on July 27, 2012 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Owner Experiences

My precious little rescue beagle, Stevie Girl, came to us when she was approximately one year old. We were lucky enough to have received her via the local animal shelter. The shelter did not have any facts regarding her previous life prior to arriving to the shelter; they did not even know her former name. […]

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Holistic Treatment for Dog ACL Tears – Foxy Blue

By on July 23, 2012 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Holistic Treatment, Owner Experiences

My 5 year old Pomapoo Foxy partially tore her left ACL 6 months ago. I cannot bear the thought of putting her through a painful surgery when her symptoms were never debilitating. She started with a limp upon arising. After she would walk for a few minutes then the limp would go away and she […]

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TTA vs. Stem Cells for Dogs

TTA vs. Stem Cell Treatment – Bachi

By on April 9, 2012 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Owner Experiences, Recovery

Bachi is a 4 year old fox hound canaan mix. He blew his left ccl last July, and we did TTA. He luxated his patella after that. We had that repaired, but it did not take long before he luxated again. We waited to do anything more and now he has blown his other ccl. […]

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Heal Dog Knee Ligament Without Surgery

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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Knee Braces for Dogs

Conservative Management and Knee Brace – Carly

By on January 13, 2012 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences

My golden retriever Carly was diagnosed with a CCl injury. My vetnarian gave me a list of orthopedic surgeons. I came home and started researching everything I could about this injury and all of our options. I contacted several surgeons over the phone and came to a conclusion. The cost of surgery was very expensive […]

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Deciding Between Alternative Treatment or Surgery – Sophy

By on January 2, 2012 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

Well I thought I may have been lucky but now, I think not. My beautiful Sophy had her first TPLO at 4. She is a very active, joyful Lab and after doing the research I thought the TPLO surgery was the best option. Three years later, she has just started holding up her other leg. […]

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CCL Tears in Older Dog

Advice on Senior Dogs and Ligament Injury – Bailey

By on November 26, 2011 in Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Owner Experiences, Recovery

Our golden retriever Bailey is ten and a half years old and has endeared two surgeries(TTS) for a torn cruciate ligament, the second time being to remove one of the failed/broken implants. He has now torn the ligament in the other leg, our vet said he is healthy and would benefit from surgery, but we […]

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