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Originally Posted by shawnzeppi  Just last week, I was on business travel and the GF tells me my 2 y.o., Gatsby is walking on 3 legs. I advised the vet, and he was diagnosed with level 3 LP! Very sad to see him hobble around when he was SO active and loved to play fetch for hours. He still wants to play but he is supposed to stay still for a while, so now its tug O war vs fetch.
I will get him operated on. He cannot live well with level 3, walking around on 3 legs when his knee pops out and not playing like he did only 2 weeks ago. I'm very upset for him over this, but I am hoping that if I go to a board certified surgeon and take care of it, he will be back to his old self eventually. I can't imagine supplements having much impact based on this level of his condition.
His sister (not genetic) is supposed to have level 1, but I won't do anything about that other than supplements. I agree not to worry too much about level 1, I cant get Daisy to stop jumping, but do pick her up when she starts with that. |
My Pixie had surgery on her Grade 3 LP 4 1/2 weeks ago. She seems to be getting around pretty normal when I let her walk. The reason I did Pixie's grade 3 is she couldn't/wouldn't use her leg and 2 er vets, her vet and the board certified ortho surgeon said she had no groove at all in her kneecap. My Cali who is 5 has had Grade 4 in both legs and gets along fine so far without surgery. So I guess it just depends on the dog whether surgery is needed or not. Keep us posted on Gatsby.