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Originally Posted by Patti  Sorry to hear your little one is hurt. I had a yorkie years ago that tore his ACL and one vet said he needed surgery and one said in small dogs sometimes you don't have to do surgery. I had him looked at by a specialist and they did the surgery. He still never put full weight on the leg so I don't know if the surgery was helpful or not. Maybe the rescue has a vet they work with that would do surgery at a lower cost. Don't blame yourself it is impossible to keep them from jumping 24/7. |
this is exactly what i learned in researching it - you rest dog for 2 mos if they are still lifting then you have to get surgery
but it is a two month wait and see as in small dogs the scar tissue build up acts like a tendon and they do fine at it happens in 80% of dogs and 20% have to have surgery - either way they will have arthritis surgery or not - i have seen dogs have the surgery and they are lifting leg after the surgery