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Originally Posted by shiree1  I found out my 10 month old yorkie Brodi has this disease. He had been limping on and off for 1 1/2 months I took him to vet after 3 weeks of noticing him limping at times they said where he is so active he has probably just sprained his leg and was given Rimadyl needless to say they didn't do anything and I decided to go to vet again they x-rayed and tole me its Legg Perthes. I had never heard of this disease. I've been google searching plus phoning vets as I was told to keep him on Rimadyl until he is in a lot of pain. my problem is some say do op sooner rather than later as he will have more of a chance of using leg properly when he has recovered and some say leave it so I am not sure what to do! another thing is I don't know what to expect after op how long it will take him to recover etc. The thought of my baby boy going through this painful op is killing me I don't want him to be in pain and to try restrict him is going to be hard he is so active. Has anyone gone through this with their beloved pet and if so what was recovery like etc I'm so nervous and scared. |
Yes my 10 month old (at the time) had to have this done on both sides. Fragile humans and puppies can safely undergo surgery. My 94 year old 100lb grandfather had quadruple bypass, just as an example. The sickest and most vulnerable people and animals can undergo, and do undergo surgery every single day, in the hands of the right dr/vet the surgery, like my Mini's will enable your pup to have a better life.
After surgery you will have to restrict your pups activities, the good thing is that because pups, like people, are guided by pain the restrictions we'll more times than not be made upon themselves. The only thing you need to do is make sure that stairs etc., are blocked off because they don't always know their limitations..
Make sure your pup is seen and operated on by a registered Orthopaedic specialist and everything will be fine!