How old is he? If he is over a year or so and not showing signs of pain I would not do it because the wear and tear is already there on his ACL so you could spend thousands to fix those knees and then afterwords the ACL could tear in one or both legs and its another couple of thousands of dollars to fix that. It is a very rough surgery on the dog. Callie's first one she had a pain patch and two pain medicines and would still cry out. She didn't want to eat, pee or anything else for the first two weeks. They also have to stay on crate rest for 8 to 12 weeks. Its rough very rough. They make the grove in the knee deeper so it makes the knee harder to slip out and that means grinding bone which is extremely painful.
__________________  Taylor  My babies Joey, Penny , Ollie & Dixie   Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |