It fucking sucked. Honestly, her whole life was a hard one, just came genetically messed up. She had something akin to dog lupus, they could never figure it out. Skin, joints, ears, thyroid, heart were all being attacked by her immune system. One thing is for certain, she was a gold mine for vets. We changed vets 4 times in the hopes one of them could fix her, but all we got was fleeced until the 4th was honest and said I can't do anything for this dog.
Well I am happy to report that Georgia had her surgery yesterday and is doing very well.
They did the TPLO surgery so hopefully in a couple of months she will be 100%.
A co-worker just had to have his 1 1/2 year old lab fixed up with a TPLO last week.
He is a brute, about 100 Lbs and rambunctious as all get out, he said the hardest part is keeping his throttle at idle
He is keeping him in the crate mostly and on leash when he goes for potty breaks.
Took him in for a therapy session Thursday and he was doing great according to the vet techs.
Take is slow with your pup and she will be good as new in short order.
I've had surgeries done on my GSDs in the past. The one thing the vet brought up at various times was the age of the dog. According to him certain breeds (GSDs for one) can be susceptible to anesthesia so you may want to ask about that. With GSDs it can be dependent on bloodlines too so you may want to do some research on that too via a Newfi breed club.
Our Shepard/Husky had both knees done about a year a part. He was only three at the time of the first surgery. He is almost 9 now and still going strong. They did what they call the "loop" surgery. This is same day the bandages came off. The first two days are the worst, they do not sleep and pace back and forth in pain.
Do you remember how long it took for your dog to stop limping?
Georgia is just over 8 weeks post surgery and still tender putting weight on that leg and limping. She can walk not too bad for 15-20 minutes which is good.
Just not sure if this is normal.?
My dog also had an ACL tear and had to undergo surgery. My vet said that it depends on how severe the injury is, sometimes they just need to rest and be immobilized.
God daughter has a Pit Boxer mix. She has had the complex procedure on one leg and the simple version on the other. Now she needs the procedure done again.....fucking sucks to pay 12 grand and still have a dog limping around in pain. If there were a way to convince them to quit running around and jumping like they were still puppies it would probably be a big help.....
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