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Originally Posted by 107barney  My Daisy who has a grade 4 also runs and jumps and is very active. She has not had surgery on this one leg, yet her kneecap is completely out and you can see it on her xray. They have not done surgery on this other leg and won't until she goes completely lame which hasn't happened in her almost 11 years. She's a bull though! LOL |
My female yorkie has 2 grade 4 back knees and she is 13. Our Vet did not want to do surgery unless she became lame. She does pretty good. She is on Adequan shots once a month. We tried Rimadyl for pain for about 3 months but it affected her kidney levels, she is off of that now and her blood levels are all normal (thank goodness). We have started her on Chondro Flex II in addition to the Adequan. Lately, she has had trouble jumping up on our back step in the backyard. We take .8 miles walk once per day and she does pretty good. I do worry about her and do have some regret that we did not have surgery when she was younger but our Vet said as long as she was getting around good it was not neccesary. I think it is a hard decision but if you get 2nd and even 3rd opinions I am sure you will make the best decision for your baby.