Dog version of ACL tear

snowball
Tue, 12 Jul 2016 03:03:21 +0000

Our 12.5 year old golden doodle has had 2 TPLO surgeries; summer of 2014 and 2015. Had a torn meniscus with the second leg which was repaired at the time of the TPLO. This past winter, she started limping again, so back to the surgeon we went; a torn meniscus in the first knee! We decided not to go ahead with surgery again as she was back to almost her full activity by the time we saw the surgeon. My husband wanted to go ahead with the surgery, by I wasn’t sure it was the right thing at her age. We had a long talk with our regular vet who knows us and our dogs well; her feeling was the same as mine, if the dog was still running and playing with no indication of pain, leave her alone.

This is the same knee that is referred to as “crunchy” due to the amount of arthritis. I just could not put all of us through another surgery again. So far, other than not wanting to do her long hikes anymore, she still runs and plays at home. My husband is the one missing the hikes the most!!