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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  I was stubborn and hard headed like my mama lol. Callie was who went through all that and she taught me pet insurance is a must. My mom referred to Callie as the dog of gold, she went through so much and that’s what made me so angry and outspoken on bad breeding/ puppy mills because they are the reason she had so many gentian issues. I have 2 out of my four now with LP both my two youngest Ollie’s is not bad at all but he is so active I fear he might tear his CCL one day and then Dixie and hers is horrible but it doesn’t seem to bother her at all and my Vet has seen many live perfectly fine lives without issues so we are hopping for that but do have the pet insurance if it doesn’t happen. |
That is very heartening to hear that your Dixie has bad LP and is doing fine. Beanie actually has been fine with hers up until now and this all started happening after I fell and broke my knee and we didn't walk for 2 months. All the gains I made on her legs with the years of swimming, PT and laser therapy kind of went out the window. I know that it is really important to keep the dogs moving, especially when they are older, but I really don't have anyone that I trust enough to walk her where I live. A couple of people did walk her, but just around the building and these people are older than me and she really could have just pulled them down. I did the best I could trying to throw her balls around my very tiny apartment to get her SOME exercise, but I was really limited in what I could actually do because I had to stick to a very strict protocol for my knee to heal without surgery.
I am trying to ease us back into walking, doing very short walks as I am still healing. But I can see how much she is laboring and I am pretty sure it is the shoulder that is doing it because she is holding the paw up more and more when we get home. I am going to take her back to my vet next week and get a referral to the ortho surgeon that I decided on. I just want her to be totally honest with me about prognosis of surgery and how that will affect her other legs while she would be recovering.
The bottom line is, I don't have enough information to make any decisions and I really appreciate hearing from people her who have gone through these types of situations.