I am sorry to hear that she does in fact have Legg Perthes. One of my dogs that I purchased last year had it too and he had surgery last Friday. The surgery is really not a big deal. They do in and cut the head off the bone (about the size of a small marble) that is collapsing and Trace has a scar that was about and inch and a half long. He wanted to get up and walk immediatley when I brought him home. He took pain pills for the first 3-4 days and antibiotics. He never seemed to be in pain at all. I kept him caged the first day because I didnt want the other dogs jumping on him but he wanted out. The second day I went ahead and let him out and he did fine. He is starting to barely put it down to walk now but I think has gotten so used to hobbling around on three legs that he isnt even trying to use that leg so we need to work on getting him to use it. I think once he realizes it doesnt hurt to use it anymore he will be back to good as new in no time. I think there are other options like keeping them totally confine for a long time but that wasnt an option for me. You may as well do the surgery because the longer you wait the less chance they have of making a very good recovery. Good luck with whatever you decide but I wouldnt be scared about surgery if I were you. It really was not that big of a deal. |