[fourdez]

My desi was running full steam after a squirrel, all of a sudden she went down like a ton of brick, tore her ACL on the left leg. That was in August, we decided to operate and $1700 later an a lengthy recovery she was much better. Last month she went to climb some stairs and - bam- down again she went. Tore her ACL on her right leg. In August, the doctor did tell us that once they tear an ACL on one leg they usually end up tearing the other, he was right. This time he treated it with bed rest and medication to keep the inflamation down. I kept her in a X pen with as little movement as possible. Carried her to go outside and carried her in again, as little walking as possible. The plan was to allow the leg to form scar tissue and this tissue would actually hold the ligiment together. Well, to my surprise, 2 weeks later she's walking normally. You would never know that she has anything wrong with her leg... now... my question is...why couldn't we have done that the first time and save $1700??