While you are limiting her activity, PLEASE stop the jumping on and off the couch, or furniture of any kind. That jumping on and off furniture is a major cause of LP, and most definately an extreme aggrivation to the joints....there can certainly be a genetic issue with shallow joints, and this can be seen on xray as a puppy, but slamming those tiny joints together repeatedly is the worse thing that can be done to normal joints, damaging them with this "repetitive motion injury"! Please, do not let your small dogs of any breed, slam-jam their tiny little bones/joints together by jumping off furniture!
As far as the surgery, I personally would wait until the pup is lame. I would give tissue/joint support with antiinflammatories.....I use GlycoFlexIII in several of my seniors that have arthritis in joints....not the same thing as LP, but I know several neighbors and a couple of my cousin's neighbors that have dogs with spine issues (two are weenie dogs) and they have been able to avoid surgery with support with this medication....some take other meds as well, one is given shots.....but surgery has been held and the dogs are doing well. I can not imagine a Grade 2 requiring surgery! |