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ladybugg74 · 08-28-2007, 05:22 PM

Hallee stopped jumping up on the couch and then started limping. Regular vet thought it was luxating patela. We did not want our vet to do the surgery because he was not a licensed ortho pet surgeon. We went to licensed ortho pet specialist who specialized with small dogs. Hallee did not have luxating patella, her ACL was torn. The specialist said luxating patella and torn ACL have common symptoms. If we had our regular vet do the surgery, he would probably would not have been able to do the ACL. So glad we went with our gut and took her to specialist. There they did these surgeries on a weekly basis. She had surgery 4 weeks ago and is recovering just fine. Not jumping up on the couch again just yet. Normal healing time is 6-8 weeks. We were very confident in the specialist. I was worried about putting her out, but since they were very reassuring because they did this as a routine surgery on small dogs. Good luck and keep us posted. We paid $833.00 for the surgery.

08-28-2007, 05:22 PM	#10
ladybugg74 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,054	Hallee stopped jumping up on the couch and then started limping. Regular vet thought it was luxating patela. We did not want our vet to do the surgery because he was not a licensed ortho pet surgeon. We went to licensed ortho pet specialist who specialized with small dogs. Hallee did not have luxating patella, her ACL was torn. The specialist said luxating patella and torn ACL have common symptoms. If we had our regular vet do the surgery, he would probably would not have been able to do the ACL. So glad we went with our gut and took her to specialist. There they did these surgeries on a weekly basis. She had surgery 4 weeks ago and is recovering just fine. Not jumping up on the couch again just yet. Normal healing time is 6-8 weeks. We were very confident in the specialist. I was worried about putting her out, but since they were very reassuring because they did this as a routine surgery on small dogs. Good luck and keep us posted. We paid $833.00 for the surgery. __________________ Heather - Mamma to Gracie & Hallee Last edited by ladybugg74; 08-28-2007 at 05:26 PM.