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[majic50]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

are you kidding??? anyone who has been through it is DEFINITLY worth hearing from!!!! and in think your opinion is dead on... they can't tell us how much they are hurting....
Lucy is stunning.. i think you need to be less of a lurker and more of a poster of her pretty face Where did you get the surgery done?? i see you are in Michigan.. i'm in London Ontario.. not too far...

I had it done at Michigan Veterinary Specialists. It's near Detroit. I'd have to look it up again to remember esactly where, but they were the greatest people. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. They were so good to us and explained everything very well.

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by majic50

I had it done at Michigan Veterinary Specialists. It's near Detroit. I'd have to look it up again to remember esactly where, but they were the greatest people. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. They were so good to us and explained everything very well.

so you have a regular vet and they recommended you go there??? Layla will probably have to have this done sooner than later.. her one knee pops quite easily.. and i just want her to go to the best place... Detriot is 2 hours away from us... and while not ideal (esp with the stupid boarder) i just want to go to the best place when the time comes.

[majic50]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

so you have a regular vet and they recommended you go there??? Layla will probably have to have this done sooner than later.. her one knee pops quite easily.. and i just want her to go to the best place... Detriot is 2 hours away from us... and while not ideal (esp with the stupid boarder) i just want to go to the best place when the time comes.

Lucy was born with grade 4 in both knees. Yes my vet has an orthopedist, but he said this was beyond him. He said I could take her Michigan Vetrinary Specialist or MSU, but he preferred Michigan Vetrinary Specialist and the cost several hundred dollars less of both knees were done at the same time.

I knew there was something wrong with Lucy when I got her, but I got her anyway, because she was supposed to be about the same size as my Caesar. I just didn't know how much it was going to cost. Oh well! She's beautiful and funny and I love her to death. I I hadn't gotten her I would have really missed out.

[majic50]

I found the link http://www.michvet.com/

Looks like it's in Southfield. That's VERY near Detroit.

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by majic50

I found the link http://www.michvet.com/

Looks like it's in Southfield. That's VERY near Detroit.

Great thank you so much!

[Ellie May]

Michigan State is telling you this?

I wouldn't be too happy with them. Not giving pain meds (or limiting them) is old fashioned for the most part. The two reasons you shouldn't give it are if your dog had a c-section and has to nurse or if they have a health issue and the meds would hurt them. There are studies showing that dogs heal faster with less pain. Any pain is too much. Yes, I understand that dogs don't know that they are supposed to relax but that is no reason to force them to be in pain. Pain meds can make them sleepy which is a good thing. I know some vets don't give them after spays. Any vet who cuts a dog's abdomen open and then says they don't need pain meds should have to get their abdomen cut open and see how it feels.

If your baby needs those meds, demand them.

[nikkinack]

Originally Posted by Ellie May

Michigan State is telling you this?

I wouldn't be too happy with them. Not giving pain meds (or limiting them) is old fashioned for the most part. The two reasons you shouldn't give it are if your dog had a c-section and has to nurse or if they have a health issue and the meds would hurt them. There are studies showing that dogs heal faster with less pain. Any pain is too much. Yes, I understand that dogs don't know that they are supposed to relax but that is no reason to force them to be in pain. Pain meds can make them sleepy which is a good thing. I know some vets don't give them after spays. Any vet who cuts a dog's abdomen open and then says they don't need pain meds should have to get their abdomen cut open and see how it feels.

If your baby needs those meds, demand them.

My regular vet is great, she gave lily a weeks worth of pain meds after her spay. This doc at MSU is world renowned and wrote most of the text books on the issue or so I am told. So when she said she would only give Lily a few days of pain meds I was not sure what to think. She is an older doc. so mabe she just has some old fashioned thoughts. We will see, if I have a problem I will call my local vet, I do not want lily is to much pain.

[Deenie]

Originally Posted by amandawash

Don't get mad at me but I have another angle regarding the vets response... I think he meant that he doesn't want her to feel 100% so she risks damaging the results of the surgery, does that make sense? A little bit of pain will keep her quiet meaning she won't want to go tearing around and hurt herself even more. Does that make sense? But if your not comfortable with it, don't do it. I hope she does well, poor little baby!!! Good luck and keep us posted.

that makes A LOT of sense........

[Ellie May]

Originally Posted by nikkinack

My regular vet is great, she gave lily a weeks worth of pain meds after her spay. This doc at MSU is world renowned and wrote most of the text books on the issue or so I am told. So when she said she would only give Lily a few days of pain meds I was not sure what to think. She is an older doc. so mabe she just has some old fashioned thoughts. We will see, if I have a problem I will call my local vet, I do not want lily is to much pain.

Ellie's vet went to school at MSU and she does NOT like to see animals in pain. I'm sure your regular vet will give you something if you need it.

[sammybear]

Originally Posted by majic50

I found the link http://www.michvet.com/

Looks like it's in Southfield. That's VERY near Detroit.

Thanks for the link/info. I will keep this handy just in case I ever need it.