My best buddy injured her leg (Happy Update)

Try to avoid the surgury if you can.  Our Beagle blew out her knee and tore the ligaments.  Had to have two surguries. The healing required hours of watching her to make sure she wouldn't rip her stitches out or get an infection.  Its was like having an infant all over again.  

Being a Beagle, she was to smart to wear a cone, so it was a long two months for the recovery.  

I’m sorry to hear of such an issue with your fur baby.  They are so precious. I wish a quick recovery with no surgeries.  Our fur babies are Ohana, family.

Your friend, Toshi

David Kaneshiro

Sorry to hear that. Our 11-yr old black Lab, JJ has had TPLO surgery on both of his knees to fix what is the equivalent to a torn ACL in humans. Very expensive whe he had the surgery about 9-yrs ago.  Approx. $3,500 for each ”knee”.  The surgery requires sawing part of the bone and repositioning the joint to a different angle which is more stable than his original knee.  He’s great now but also suffers from arthritis in his front leg that limits his daily walks to about 20 minutes.  With him being 11, hes a great companion when I’m building.

Best of luck to you and your buddy.

David K.

platicjunkie...here's hoping that your pooch is able to recover without the surgery that David refers to, the TPLO.  We had two Goldens and due to their rambunctiousness, one required one TPLO usrgery and the other TPLO on both rear knees.  I think we've paid for the renovfations to the vet clinic we go to.

Both Bronson and Shelby were quite young whe they had their surgeries and they lived great lives (both made it to age 15) without any evidence of any arthritis, post surgery.

Best of luck to you and pooch.

Ah !

 Mine wasn't as big . If you can imagine a Chihuahua with a peg leg !

 My little guy jumped wrong off my lap and Broke his front leg 

 He made it through  But he was also very funny while in a cast . My Jack Russell got very hard to handle after she broke her right rear leg in the middle of the thigh .

 She just surprisingly got mean during her healing ! Talk about $  , Oh Boy . My present pal has a hip problem that the doc said was genetic . He takes three bounces before he can get up on the couch ! Vet said let him do that , it will strengthen the muscles keeping him mobile . he seems to think it's a game , but Boy does he grunt like an old man when he gets up !

PJ, Truly sorry to hear the news, I hope she is not in any pain and comfortable while she gets better.

I have my best friend curled up on my bed at the moment with her tounge sticking out fast asleep.

All the very best from both of us.

Damian

Sorry to hear that. Our 11-yr old black Lab, JJ has had TPLO surgery on both of his knees to fix what is the equivalent to a torn ACL in humans. Very expensive whe he had the surgery about 9-yrs ago.  Approx. $3,500 for each ”knee”.  The surgery requires sawing part of the bone and repositioning the joint to a different angle which is more stable than his original knee.  He’s great now but also suffers from arthritis in his front leg that limits his daily walks to about 20 minutes.  With him being 11, hes a great companion when I’m building.

Best of luck to you and your buddy.

David K.

Hi Patrick, great hearing from you!

My Holly is 5 and is a rescue so she is very special and loving, precious indeed. It hurts me to see her limp over to me with her favorite toy and not be able to play with her. 

I do believe that strict activity confinement is paramount to let the ligament heal. I have been watching several You Tube pieces about the same issue and it takes several months for recevery. 

Hi, Ernie -

Our lab is 6 years, very lean and in good shape, but sometimes seems like she's trying to set a record for some athletic action. She often "tweaks" a joint, looks like it's tender to use, but we restrict her for a few days and it's all better. Hopefully that's all yours is experiencing. Best wishes all is OK, our pups are precious, aren't they???

Patrick

Thanks for the feedback gents. I've had dogs for most of my 62 years and have never experienced this issue. It looks like it doesn't hurt her but simply bothers her when she walks and skips here and there. If that ligament was torn, IMO she wouldn't be walking now and then on that leg as she does.

Again, thanks for the feedback.

I have a black lab 11yrs old and she done a swan dive off the bed and injured her front shoulder and leg vet gave same prescription you got .The only thing I did was lightly excrise her on a lease so she wouldn' stiffen up.She recovered pretty quickly for being 11yrs old. Good luck.

Sorry to hear that - poor hurt pup.  We have a Pomeranian/Bichon mix - they call it a PomeChon, I call her a BichAranian :)

In one of her mad moments yesterday she jumped off the sofa and hurt her front left 'knee'.  She's hobbling around.  Doesn't sound as severe as your pups issues.

No pet experience with her issues, just on me.  Was a long process to get back to somewhat normal.

Hope she heals well without surgry.

PJ, I’m very sorry to hear about her injury. As a present/ past partner of four labs, yes they are big physically active creatures.

We haven’t experienced that particular injury. But we’ve been through a series of bone and cancer leg issues. 

In the end, you’ll want to go with the best judgement of the vet as I’m sure you are planning.

i looked at the longer term in each case and realized that I needed to have certainty that she’d be up on her feet again and active in any way I could help.

Recovery in our case took a really long time. Like many months.