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Originally Posted by deeda9999  Hi! I'm sorry that Blake is going through this.
Gilmore had surgery for this the Friday after Thanksgiving. He was a happy healthy 11 month old puppy running and playing before that and never had a problem. He was running and then next thing we know is he was screaming in pain and holding his leg up. He recovered but when it happened again the next day we went to the vet. She put him on anti inflammatory medicine and 10 days of crate rest. On Thanksgiving it happened again 4 times and he was crying and crying. We took him to the hospital and he had surgery the next day. We had no choice as he was in constant pain.
The recovery is intense. He is on 12 weeks of crate rest. We have survived the first two and a half and it has been tough. He is doing great and was able pretty much right away to use the leg. We were amazed.
Please don't hesitate to ask any more questions. I live in Long Island. We are neighbors. |
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that this happened to poor Gilmore. It sounds like his pain was excruciating! Blake didn't show any indications of pain at all--she was just limping and sitting around sadly. The vet did say it's a Grade III (Gilmore's sounds like a Grade IV), so I'm seriously considering the surgery, but since it's only happened once I don't want to just rush out and make her undergo this if she doesn't absolutely have to. On the other hand, I don't love the idea of just waiting around to see if it happens to her again...