The rescue I belong too has a little pup that also has this and due to her small size she was not a canidiate for surgery...till she got bigger...even then they were questioning whether she would ever get big enough....she has been doing the casts and now only wears a removable one that is just thicker then a collar.... her bones have fused...however she also was very young when this happened..
You can read about her on
Yorkies Inc. Placement Service her name is Posey....