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Originally Posted by kperry  The vet did not take any x-rays. He just diagnosed by feeling it. He said he talked with an orthopedic vet about her and the ortho vet suggested she have surgery |
On this site do a search for LP called luxating patella (kneecap) there will be very many threads pop up. Research these threads.
I'm curious why your vet did not directly refer you to the ortho vet for examination and evaluation of your dogs knees.
Each owner of course has to make that difficult decision for themselves about to operate or not.
Some of the criteria I would look at are: 1) how much is the pup in pain now? 2) If I don't do surgery what are the risks to waiting to do surgery
3) How effective are these surgeries and what exactly will be done
4) what are the risks associated with putting my dog under sedation? and there are many by the way
5) Is there a way through say physiotherapy and non invasive techinques I could use to help my dog through this?
6) are there supplements or additives that i can add to his food to help his joints? The answer is yes, and they are glucosamine and chondrotin.
I hope this helps