Well, we decided to go ahead with surgery for what we suspected what a cranial cruciate ligament tear in Denali's right back leg. Our poor girl has been limping for a couple of months, off and on. She was playing in the backyard with another doggie a few months ago and since then, hasn't quite been herself. After a visit to her vet, she suggested rest for 6 weeks to see if the injury would heal on its own or to make an appointment with the surgeon. Well, for those of you who have met our crazy girl, you know that she does not "rest" well. Like her mommy, she's a runner and she's not happy when I leave her home.
Then, a couple weeks ago, she decided to sprint around the backyard and hasn't really been putting weight on her leg since then. She's mastered getting around on 3 legs and standing on her toes on the injured leg. And of course, she still wants to keep going...
So, we scheduled a consult with a board certified doggie surgeon to see the extent of the damage. Sure enough, he suspected a full tear in the cranial cruciate ligament (basically the acl). Her knee was "drawering" as they call it (easily moving back and forth because of the lack of ligament holding the femur and tibia together). So surgery it is...
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