{"id":4747,"date":"2019-06-08T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T23:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:29:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:29:33","slug":"olivia-conservative-management-recent-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/olivia-conservative-management-recent-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia, Conservative Management (Recent Injury)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury.jpg\" alt=\"Olivia, a dog who injured her ACL, but is too old for surgery.\" class=\"wp-image-4756\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/olivia-dog-knee-injury-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My sweet (about to be 14 next month) English Springer Spaniel who is still quite healthy (although slowing down)&#8230;.has had the start of arthritis and somehow managed to jump off the last step just right on Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day)&#8230;that she slipped&#8230;.came up limping and turns out she tore her ACL. Vet can&#8217;t say 100%, but he thinks it is a complete tear &#8230; so sad&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this age (despite her good health), I hate to put her through a surgery&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are 3 days post-injury and she is doing better at getting up from lying down on her own&#8230;and moving around amazingly well&#8230;.although only tapping on the injured back leg from time to time and using it for balance when standing&#8230;. Although she can slip and fall (since she isn&#8217;t used to balancing) if she hits the wood floor (I&#8217;ve got yoga mats covering most of the floor) or if she is bumped into&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n\n<p>The surgeon said it wouldn&#8217;t be ridiculous to do surgery given her good health (but he&#8217;d want to meet her first)&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just don&#8217;t know&#8230;. the vet thinks the scar tissue will fill in a bit and help stabilize her knee so she will slowly do a bit better even without the surgery&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Has anyone had an older dog with a complete (or near complete) tear that got slowly a bit better??<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m using the help-em-up harness on the outside stairs to get her in and out of the house!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My inside stairs are carpeted but steep and not a lot of tread space (old house) so even before the injury she only did them once a day to go to sleep and come down in the morning&#8230;.but I&#8217;m SO scared of her injuring the other leg&#8230;that I&#8217;ve been carrying her&#8230;..but perhaps I&#8217;m over-worried since the stairs ARE carpeted and I would be there with the harness&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would love to hear others thoughts&#8230;. 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