LadyJane - excellent article on the surgery.  I think I will ask the dr if she thinks I need to do this surgery now since Zoey isn't showing a lot of signs that it hurts to walk.  She did mention that she has an 11 year old Jack Russell with this and she did not have the surgery - I'm going to ask her why.  Since this is not a life or death issue I will take my time and research as much as possible. 
Thank you all for the input. 
Cherie     
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