Deciding Between Alternative Treatment or Surgery – Sophy
Well I thought I may have been lucky but now, I think not. My beautiful Sophy had her first TPLO at 4. She is a very active, joyful Lab and after doing the research I thought the TPLO surgery was the...
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My golden retriever Carly was diagnosed with a CCl injury. My vetnarian gave me a list of orthopedic surgeons. I came home and started researching everything I could about this injury and all of our...
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Conservative Management and Knee Brace – Carly
My golden retriever Carly was diagnosed with a CCl injury. My vetnarian gave me a list of orthopedic surgeons. I came home and started researching everything I could about this injury and all of our...
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TPLO On Two Legs Within One Year – Pilot
Our Dogue de Bordeaux (very large at 145 lbs) had his 1st TPLO in June 2011 for a partially torn CCL and his 2nd TPLO a couple of weeks ago (other knee) with a again a partially torn CCL and Meniscus....
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How Does A Knee Ligament Surgery Hold Up Over Time – KC
My Shepard/Golden Retriever mix had surgery over 2 yrs ago when she was 8 yrs old. She is a big dog (not fat, just big). It had to be done a second time after about 6 wks. She seemed to be a bit...
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Bilateral TTA and Physical Therapy – Kendra
My Kendra slipped and fell on a very icy day in my yard. She was running and hit an ice patch in the yard with a slight slope. At 180 lbs, she hit so hard that the gouge in the yard where she hit...
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Conservative Management for Bilateral Ligament Tears – Brandi Lee
I have a very active 4 1/2 yr. old Boxer/Rott mix. I adopted her when she was 6 months old from the animal shelter here in Bozeman, Mt. It was Love at first sight! I was suffering from severe...
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Conservative Management for Knee Ligament – Lola
Lola is a German Short Haired Pointer – very active, spins and bucks like a bronco 30 or 40 times a day! When she was about 7 she started favoring one back leg, not even weight bearing at times. We...
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Double TPLO Surgery – Crash
Crash had two TPLO surgeries – first on his right leg, then on his left leg, about 8 months apart. Crash’s 1st leg was a gradual slow tear. He had been limping for around 6 months, and I finally got...
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A Tightrope Repair Surgery Story – Lucas
The decision to have surgery. My dog, Lucas, is a very active/jumpy 3 year old pitbull / boxer mix. I noticed some lameness in his leg about a year ago, but it seemed to go away on its own. The real...
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Extracapsular Repair Surgery (Traditional) – Tide
My 4 year old black Lab, Tide, had the Traditional Repair done on her knee back in December 2008. Onset of Cruciate Ligament Injury At about 5 1/2 months old Tide started to limp. Of course, being the...
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Traditional Extracapsular Ligament Repair – Dalila
The day after Thanksgiving 2011, I took both my dogs, Samson (5 yr old Lab/Pit mix) and Dalila (2 yr old Border Collie mix), to the dog park so they could have time to run. They played hard for 2...
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Traditional Repair for Small Dogs – Amy
Amy is a 4 year old rescue dog, a jack russell/pomeranian cross who lives with me and “brother”, Elliott – a 9 year old Jack Russell. She appeared lame on 15th March and her vet confirmed a torn...
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Researching TPLO Surgery Options
One owner shares the story of how she decided which surgeon to choose to perform her dog’s TPLO repair surgery. My girl is 1.5 years old and just like all labs she is crazy, loves life to the fullest....
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Tightrope Surgery with Swivel Lock – Brian
Brian was the biggest pup of his litter. Now I know not to pick the biggest, since they are more prone to problems often. At 8 1/2 years his right knee went out. That was one week ago. Given his age...
View ArticleAdvice on Choosing a Surgery – Tippy’s Story
Tippy is a Very active 2 1/2 year old pit/healer mix. She will chase down anything with wings from bugs, bees, birds you name it. she’ll jump as high as she can to get them in the air as well. She is...
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TTA vs. Stem Cell Treatment – Bachi
Bachi is a 4 year old fox hound canaan mix. He blew his left ccl last July, and we did TTA. He luxated his patella after that. We had that repaired, but it did not take long before he luxated again....
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TPLO Surgery and Recovery to 12 Weeks – Luna
Prefer to watch a video of Luna’s recovery? Click here to see Luna’s TPLO Recovery Video (Video is at the end of the post) Pre Surgery: March 1-10, 2012 Luna is a Female 8.5 year old pure bred Yellow...
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TTA Surgery Recovery Advice – Lucy
Lucy is an energetic, athletic Sheprador (Australian Shepherd/Lab Mix). At this writing, she is 3 1/2 years old. I believe that Lucy’s initial injury occurred when she was about a year old when she...
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TTA Surgery Sucess – Charlie
Charlie is a rescue mix, possibly Great Dane and Rott mix. He turned into a big boy at almost 4′ tall and 125 pounds. He loves running on the beach, swimming in the ocean or his friends’ pool, and...
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