[Lovetodream88]

I think there are occasional circumstances where an adult may need LP surgery with out the ACL tearing. Callie was showing lots of pain with her LP, not wanting to run or play and acting very depressed. When the surgeon was examining her he could tell when he popped her knee out that it was causing her pain. Her whole body was tightening up and tensing up. After her first surgery which was to repair her LP and her ACL we were told her ACL would more then likely tear in the other knee in 18 months. It never did. We knew the knee was bothering her because we could tell so we waited and waited and it became where we were going to the vet for pain meds way to often and the vet suggested going back and having it looked at so we did. He agreed it was bothering her a lot and recommended the surgery. I know he is not money hungry because when Callie jumped off the couch once (she was maybe 2 years old) she was limping and would not put her front leg down and we rushed her to the er vet at 2am where I was not pleased with the service but Callie started walking on it but we requested X-rays and nothing was found so we went home and she was limping again. We went to our vet the next day and the vet looked at the X-rays and saw nothing but when she touched a spot in her shoulder she screamed. This was the first time we were referred to and meet our orthopedic surgeon. He sedated Callie for X-rays and found her shoulder/front leg was over extending when she would jump down/land. He actually recommended the conservative approach rather then looking at surgery and that is what worked. Great guy and I trust him big time. I think it's important that you are the one who knows your dog and if they are hurting.