 New Kid on the Block
Hi, my name is Mary, I'm new to this site. I have a 3 year old Yorkshire terrier named Nugget. She is the love of my life. I've recently been told that Nugget has Luxating Patella and needs surgery on both back legs. I knew she had this condition since I got her as a puppy but decided to wait to see if it gave her any problems. She has been terribly pigeon toed since we got her. Recently her rear left knee came out of the socket and she limped around for about 4 hours then all of a sudden her knee went back in place and now she's fine. Of course the veterinarian suggests surgery and I'm scared to death to put her through that. I'm wondering if anybody out there has had this surgery on their Yorkie and how their dogs did and I'm wondering if anybody has a Yorkie that needed this surgery but they opted not to do it and how their dog faired through the years? I have the book "Yorkies Head To Tail" by Sandra Lemire and in the book she really discourages anybody from cutting into their Yorkie and causing such pain to the dog, so I'm nervous about going forward with the surgery. I'd appreciate anybody's feed back. Thanks. |