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Originally Posted by drawlins27  This condition is actually fairly common in Yorkies. My mother took in a rescue named Thor that had leggs perthe. His was so bad that he could not use that leg at all and only walked on three legs. He had the surgery and now runs around and jumps with the rest of them. You would never know that he had ever had anything wrong with him by looking at him now.
The cost of the surgery varies greatly by vet. You can check around for the cost but I would take him to whomever you think will do the best job, most likely that will be a specialist.
My advice would be to make sure that whoever does the surgery is very familiar with the condition and has performed many of these surgeries before on small dogs.
I wish you all the best and I'm sure that everything will turn out great.
This is Thor now on the left. |
Thank you for your encouraging words - it helps a lot! Thanks too, for the info on the vets - I'll be sure to ask questions when the final results come back. This has been weighing very heavy on me today...