My little Bruce is also a luxating patella dog, and he has had the surgery. The reason I went for it was because he clearly was having problems running and even walking at times, and LP causes and speeds up the onset of arthritis. Now you would never know that there was anything wrong with him, he is faster than a bullet and does not appear to ever be bothered by either knee. The recovery was hard though, he spent a couple weeks completely crated except to go out, initially he was in a lot of pain, and after that there were several weeks of not doing much more than that...Even though caring for him was hard during that period, the surgery was rather expensive, etc it was all worth it.
If you have any specific questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. Bruce had a number of orthopedic problems, so I have some experience in this area! |