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Old 06-16-2006, 05:48 AM   #5
TLC
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I know, I can't believe that he wants $6000.00 to do both legs. When they gave me the estimate, I thought it was for both and they said no that's just one.

Roxy has very short legs, I don't know the exact length, but they are short. She also is very fearful (of the unknown). She can't jump from the floor onto the couch. I have a ramp and I also use pillows. She will utilize those things. She won't go up or down the flight of stairs to the second level. Which is ok, b/c I don't want her too. TJ will go up, but he will not go down. I believe they are both fearful of those stairs. Outside on our patio, TJ goes up and down. We have 4 steps to get out of the house onto the patio and 4 steps down to the ground at the end of the patio. We also have a little 'baby' type step the runs the length of the patio (a 2-level type patio) but again it is a slight step. Roxy goes up and down that 'baby' step with NO problems. I also put her on the 'mini landing' and she jumps up the one step into the house from the patio. She will not come down that one step from the house onto the patio though. She tries but I think she is scared. Actually she did it once, but then turned around and went back in! Crazy...

What made me ask the Vet was when you pick her up, you can feel/hear the slip in her legs. She also does that 'skip' thing (at least 1-2 x a day). Roxy is also a trotter, she just prances about. I don't know if that has anything to do with LP, or if that is just the way she walks.

Anyway, she doesn't seem to be in pain, she doesn't go limp, and she does run around like crazy. But b/c the Vet and the specialist can easily take it out and put it back and b/c I say she does the skip thing everyday they feel she is pretty much Level III.

I definitely feel surgery will have to be done. I am going to some research about LP and surgeons. My mother has a good friend that works in a Vet office. She just moved to VA. I am going to call her and talk to her about Roxy and ask if she can recommend a specialist in her area and what the costs are in VA. B/c $6000 it crazy (I think) I know that the surgery will be expensive and we are willing to pay, but I just think $6000 is way out of line.
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