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Is Surgery Necessary?

Partial Cruciate Ligament Tears In Dogs- Is Surgery Needed?

By on September 19, 2021 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Dog Knee Surgery, Non-Surgical Options

 The pet industry is a multi billion dollar a year venture, and this includes veterinarian care. Naturally, there are situations when surgery is the only option, but like any profit driven business, a clinic makes more money if more dogs are undergoing extensive surgery. So, does your dog really need surgery with a partial cruciate […]

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Dog ACL Surgery Alternatives In 2021

By on August 1, 2021 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, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy

Invasive and expensive surgery options for torn CCLs in dogs may not be available or appealing to many dog owners.  Luckily there are both older and emerging alternatives to surgery that are available to this demographic. If you are looking for alternative care for your dog’s torn ACL, then it will not take long to […]

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Tedy’s Story: Conservative Management

By on June 8, 2021 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Extracapsular Repair, Holistic Treatment, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Recovery, Recovery

My 12-year-old (best estimate of his age) Bordie-Collie mix (and breed) injured his CCL on 5/11/21. He is about 50 lbs. I adopted him from the Humane Society 8 years ago. We were able to get in to see the vet within a few hours of his injury and a CCL tear was diagnosed based […]

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Birdie and Nigel – CCL Conservative Management

By on October 25, 2019 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences, Recovery

We are on round 2 with dog #2 on concervative managment for CCL tear with my dogs. My first story is my harrier hound, Birdie, who went lame on a walk with me at the age of 11. Like everyone else here the doctor pushed the surgery and the arthritis speil. I don’t know, it […]

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Marley – Double TPLO Surgery *Update*

By on July 22, 2019 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Dog Knee Surgery, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Surgical Procedures, TPLO

I wrote an article here a few months ago on conservative treatment on my two year old chocolate Labrador, Marley, with crucial ligament damage in both back knees. I had been using the holistic approach plus rest , plus weight reduction since October 2018. He weighed 45kilos and I finally got his weight down to […]

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Olivia, Conservative Management (Recent Injury)

By on June 8, 2019 in Arthritis, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Dog Proofing House, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Recovery, Surgical Procedures

My sweet (about to be 14 next month) English Springer Spaniel who is still quite healthy (although slowing down)….has had the start of arthritis and somehow managed to jump off the last step just right on Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day)…that she slipped….came up limping and turns out she tore her ACL. Vet can’t say […]

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Marley- Conservative Management

By on May 7, 2019 in Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Recovery

Marley was diagnosed with crucial ligament damage in both legs in October 2018, he is two years old. After X-rays, it was found he also had movement in his hips and slight “ crunching “ on one front leg! Not a good outcome for such a young dog. Options were to put him to sleep, […]

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Bikini – Double Torn CCL Conservative Management

By on March 8, 2019 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management, Dog Proofing House, Non-Surgical Options, Owner Experiences, Physical Therapy, Symptoms

Bikini during conservative management of double CCL tears In late August 2018, I noticed my 7-years old English bulldog Bikini, showed some lameness (rear right leg) off and on for a bit. After 2-3 weeks, seeing this was not going away that she was now hesitant to go up and down the stairs, not following […]

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Buddy – Torn ACL, Conservative Management

By on October 19, 2018 in CCL Injury, Conservative Management, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Alternative Treatment, Dog Knee Conservative Management

Buddy is a 5 1/2 year old Scottish Terrier. Over the last 2 years we have been involved in Agility training and competition. This summer, Buddy came up lame during practice, and showed some lameness(rear left leg) off and on for a bit. We went to a vet who diagnosed torn CCL and recommended us […]

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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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