[spiritwings1202]

[QUOTE=kjc;4205257]This is probably not too popular of an opinion, lol, but here goes: I was a tech in the days before pain meds were made available to animals. One problem is that when animals feel pain, they limit their activity. When they don't feel pain, they tend to overdo and re-injure themselves. Personally, pain meds never did that much for me, lol.

That said, maybe decreasing her meds would help her to be less active, or some puppy downers to help keep her calm. And IDK if this is okay for this type of injury, but would some kind of splint or a support bandage be of any help? I would imagine it ma hy take more therapy to get the leg fully functional after healing, but if it can prevent further injury it might be worth doing, if appropriate in this instance.[/QUOTE ]


I agree with u 100% about a week after the injury she had me take her off the pain med and see how she did and she wanted to see her for a follow up. At that time Daisy was doing great walking on it and no limiping what so ever. She was impressed how well she was doing. But she had to go and romp with Pixie and that is when she started limping again. We took her to the vet today and this is what she said. It was hard to find any slipping in the joint and that bc the orthopedic did not do an ultra sound there was no way to confirm that it was a partial tear. She was suspicious that it was a stretched out ligament.
The orthopedic did take xrays to make sure there was no damage to the bones or arthritus. She did do the drawer test and the tibia did not slip which was a good thing but she said that she thought it was a partial tear. She did the tibia compression test but it was hard to tell bc Daisy was nervous. She explained that the only way to tell for sure the extent of her injury was an ultra sound under sedation. I am very afraid to do this bc of Daisy's health issues.

My Vet today told me that she really feels it is a stretched out ligament not a partial tear but again she said the only way to tell for sure is an ultra sound with sedation bc she needs to be very still and calm for the procedure.

The other option is to do physical therapy 3 times a week for 6-8 weeks.