[HIrwin]

Our younger Yorkie was diagnosed with this in January at age 8 months. It took 19 days to get an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon. He confirmed the diagnosis and operated immediately. In the meantime he was on Rimadyl, 1/4 of a 25mg. tablet 2 times/day. This helped with the pain tremendously. We were advised that the longer we waited to operate the more painful it would become and the longer healing time might be. His initial symptoms were just as your dog, limping slightly after resting, but at first he seemed to be pain free. Then it became progressively worse as we waited for the appointment with the orthopedic surgeon. He is recovering well from the surgery and the surgeon said that in 6 months time we should never be aware that anything happened.

If you want more information, don't hesitate to pm me and I will be glad to tell you anything I may know.

Good luck and keep us up on what happens.

Helen