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Originally Posted by Mardelin  If you monitor her weight and keep her from jumping she should be fine throughout her life. It's when you allow excessive weight gain and allow her to jump around like a kangaroo....she will get worse. Also, LP Surgery seems to be the flavor of the month surgery.....At 2 thousand a pop, you can see why vet's are pushing it. Get a 2nd opinion, from an orthopedic surgeon and then if your girl isn't lame or limping....I'd think long and hard. |
Ok, thanks. I'm really carefull about weight and she's a petite, thin girl to begin with. I stop her every time I see her ready to jump from the arm of the couch, that's the only "high" place she can go that she can jump from. My dh wonders why I always cringe and stop her, I say - she could get a luxating patella - and he looks at me like I'm nuts lol.
It would have to really extreme for me to even consider finding a way to pay for a surgery that expensive. Just checkin to see if I can nip it in the bud
I'll start the Cosoquin