Elvis is 6 already. He always was a bit bow legged but we never really thought anything of it and it was never mentioned by his vet. He was pretty active and never really had any problem until about 6 months ago. We noticed he seemed to be limping a bit so we took him to the vet and were told that he was a bit over weight ( he currently weighs about 10 lbs but at then time was about 11) They gave us a pain killer (tramadol) and told us he needed to lose about 1 lb and to cut back his food. They were unable to take x rays at that time because of an elevated level of enzymes in his liver. We had to feed him SO Royal canin and see if his enzymes went down. He seemed to be doing better and then one day his leg just seemed to be hanging and he could not put any weight on it. We took him to the vet and they scheduled us to see a surgeon. After the surgeon did the x rays he told us Elvis had a stage 1 in his right leg and a stage 3 in his left. He said he could do surgery but because he had no grooves he would be hesitant to perform the surgery because he could not guarantee the results because with smaller breeds it is just so risky. He told us to try to keep him from putting to much weight on it for a few weeks and see if the cartilage would rebuild? ( I may be getting the terminology a bit wrong) We followed instructions and he did seem to improve. We followed up with surgeon who said he really did not think surgery would be a good option. He currently is able to walk around but it is obvious his back legs are weak. Please let me know if you need more info. Thanks |