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Originally Posted by tmorrow26  Thank you for all of your support! It did get worse as the night progressed. Molly couldn't even hold herself up. She looked miserable all night. I felt so terrible for her. I had to help her out to potty  My husband took her to the vet today.....She has a torn ACL in her left knee  She also has mild luxating patellas in both legs. She will be limping for a while....anti-inflammatories, pain meds....I have been at work all day and have to work a 24 hour shift and I feel so bad because I want to hold my baby! Plus my husband never gets the info that my type A self does  Do you guys think that the torn ACL was caused at the groomer's or is this common with luxating patellas?? It is just soooo weird because when she left she was FINE and when she came home she was NOT FINE. I feel like this was caused at the groomers but it could just be a coincidence.... I don't know. I just want my girl to be okay. |
Hard to say, but my guess is the torn ligament must have occurred while she was at the groomer. I recently had a pup tear a ligament and she immediately went lame.
I strongly suggest you take her to a board certified surgeon and speak with him/her about this ligament tear. The surgeon I use said that they must be repaired surgically or the pup will develop severe arthritis. It is not a comfortable injury for them either.
I am sorry to hear this. I would probably be pressing pretty hard on that groomer...if she is letting a child carry pups around, she is clearly not careful imho and/or knowledgable about how fragile yorkies are.