[bobohyde]

Also, when Columbo first visited the regular vet for his leg, he did an exam and took xrays, then diagnosed luxating patella. He said he could do the surgery (he had done it a dozen or so times) or he could refer me to a surgeon. My regular vet is wonderful, but he had no problem with me if I chose the surgeon, which he recommended even though it was a little more expensive. When the surgeon saw him and his xrays, he saw that Columbo had also torn his ACL, which the regular vet didn't catch. The surgeon has done thousands of these surgeries and I attribute that to why Columbo breezed through it and recovered so well. He explained everything, the surgery, all the options and outcomes. I only wish we humans got the expert health care my dog got!