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I had a pup with a Luxating patella too.
He also came from a puppy mill :( My doggie wasnt as bad as yours but Ive heard the surgery is pretty standard and your little furbaby will be fine in no time.
Positive vibes your way.
My parents dog jumped off the couch and one leg landed in my Dad's shoe when she was a puppy. She hurt her leg and had a floating patella, and she had a very similar surgery to what you described. She recovered really quickly and hasn't had a problem since though, so hopefully your pup will do just as well!
@panterapeach: How old is your pup? What kind of pup is it? EEK so nervous...8 weeks they say of recovery time. I dont mind being a little homebody for 8 weeks...trying to get a good book list together/netflix order :)
I had him years ago, he was an affenpinscher. He was only 6 months old.
I dont think it takes 8 weeks for them to recover, that seems like a really long time. My buddy didnt need surgery it because it wasnt as bad as your doggie.
@panterapeach: yeh, i guess the 8 weeks come from the fact that they break the bone to pin the muscle in. I guess a broken bone in general takes 8 weeks to heal completely....soo planning for the worst, hoping for the best!! Thanks ;)
Good vibes to you and your pup! My dog never had that done but he did have two very intense surgeries that required me being home with him for a few weeks each (4 hours worth of eye surgery and emergency stomach surgery). Please keep us posted!
@notintoplanning: How old is your pup? My Yorkie baby had the same surgery when she was a year old, and healed beautifully! Just be sure to keep her from overdoing it too much until she's fully healed - good luck!!
@psbee: Hi! My little furbabes is 2.5yr old. She is having it on Thursday. I just cant stop getting emotional about it...knowing how helpless she'll be. she is about 15lbs so i guess they are doing it now, so she can grow as adult as healthy as she can be!
Did you crate her the whole time? Any advice would be appreciative. Remmy (my dog) loves to hop on couches, and I know the jumping will be have to be kept to a minimum. Hubby thinks we should crate her during the day when we're not home to supervise...although I think creating her a small area (gating the kitchen) and letting her roam would be ok.
Again, any and all advice appreciated!! Thanks :)
What breed is your dog? Luxated patella's are really common in Poms so the vet always remindes me about it but neither of mine have them (they have "loose knees" but they won't luxate).
Sorry about the surgery but you'd be surprised how resiliant dogs can be. One of ours was 4 when she got hit by a car and fractured her pelvis. I thought she'd never walk again. She didn't have surgery but was only crated for 8 weeks and made a full recovery (she still runs, jumps and has NO limp).
The hardest part about the recovery is that they'll get feeling better long before they can be allowed to run around so you'll feel really bad about having to keep them cooped up when they want to play. I was sure my dog thought we were punishing her.
@camrie: Yes, she is just a rescued dog..not sure...but we think havanese and cockapoo/ maybe just poodle and havanese.
Yea, she doesnt seem in pain, as more this is an elected surgery to prevent her from getting worse later, I just feel so guilty i'll be putting her in pain, BUT I KNOW I KNOW...she'll be better from this and be fine!! Just got to wrap my head around that!
Thats good to know about your dog being crated for 8 weeks and now she's fine.
Did you leave her in the crate when you left the house? How about when you sleep?
We let our furry friend sleep with us...hehe, she's gonna be not used to that change.....she's in for a surprise alright!
My boston terrier has a luxating patella. He had surgery when he was 2.5ish and we've not had any problems since. Has the vet said anything about the other knee because we were told he'd eventually need the surgery on it too and we can see the signs, it pops out etc. Good vibes to you and your pup!
pic of little girl who is having the surgery...
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@asunw: Yeh, she is having surgery on her back right, which is a grade 3.
The left is a grade 1...so the vet said let it be, and it may or may not get worse as time progresses.
these surgeries are NOT cheap, so I am hoping for the MAY NOT get worse ;)
Did you have your surgery done in IL...I wonder what the cost difference is there compared to FL.
Yes we had it done in IL. It cost us about $800 after all the prescriptions etc.
damn you got a DEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are totally getting screwed, lol.
try 3x that amount for us....
covers surgery, anaesthesia, they are keeping her in the hospital for 1 night, post op in 4 weeks visit, and then another 8 week visit and xray session.
we spoke to a good family friend of ours who is a small animal surgeon in Houston...and they say they charge b/w 1.5k-2k...so we thought we were ok.
We saw the breakout of the bill, the surgery itself only costs 800, and the rest is the post/pre op care and the anesthesia is most of the cost. BLECH.
we saved up ever since we found out she had to have....whadya gonna do...
its the responsibilities of having pet.
lol, that was our total for all of that. Granted I live in a small town in Southern Illinois but the vet has done quite a few of these surgeries so we felt good about it. =)
yeh...we're for sure getting screwed!!
ha. whatdya gonna do.
well... anyways, thanks for sharing...wish i could spend $800....gd knows I could use 1700 a long ways.
I hope she is doing well. Was the surgery yesterday, or scheduled for next week?
Luxating patella is extremely common in all small breeds, not just poms/yorkies, etc.
I would keep her crated for the first week whenever you are not home. Even in the kitchen if something gets her excited she might run around so you're better off crating. Like one PP mentioned, they often feel better and try to be active before the restriction period is up! :)
@twentyeleven: Yeh, your right.
We'll have to crate her, geez, she already gets so excited as it is.
surgery is for the 13th. We planned it over MLK weekend, since i'll be home monday, and we can keep an extra eye on her for the long weekend and be with her as much as possible. eek.
thanks!
Oh YEAH Countess Pocono got her own orthopd at 13 weeks. She had alternating casts for her first year. As we lovingly describe her "she is our 5k rescue dog". She is six years old now, and her knees are slowly going bad. So, the fix isnt permanent. But she is happy, and has a better life than most so we are not going to do any more surgery.
@notintoplanning: Cute baby!!
In the beginning we kept her in the cage all the time. I'd take her outside to potty and I stayed with her so she wouldn't run. Then after a few when weeks once she was feel a little better we'd keep her in there when we were at work and at night but I'd put her on the couch with me in the evenings so she'd get some attention but I had to make sure she didn't try to jump down or walk around.
I'm sure it's super boring for them but the point of crating is to keep them immobilized - so don't take a chance of her re-injuring herself or not healing right by letting her out too soon or letting her do too much too soon. Even after the 8 weeks I wouldn't let her jump up on the couch or walk up the stairs for a few weeks to make sure she'd healed.
Last year one of my poodles had a bilateral luxating patela surgery. It was a really hard recovery but we got through it. Vera was only a year and 4 months old when she got the surgery. It cost me north of 3k but luckily I have insurance.
You will be surprised how resilient the pups are. Make sure you have a crate because your pup will have to spend all their time in a crate.
@notintoplanning: Sorry for the delay, been under the weather :(
To echo some of the other posters above, yes I had to crate her for almost 6 weeks. I picked up a large crate with lots of room to look out, and brought her wherever I was in the house. For the first 2 weeks, she was in the crate almost full-time, and after week 3, I started to gradually let her out for small amounts of time. She and her brother (they're littermates) were pretty rambunctious at that age, so I couldn't let them play together until she was 100% healed at around 6 weeks.
I can't stress this enough, but DON'T let her roam until the vet gives her the ok! Last thing you want to do is go through the surgery and have something go wrong while she's recovering! :) My little girl also has the smallest artificial hip in N. America (Leggs-Perth disease), so she's been through the whole crating/recovery cycle twice in her life and she is 100% now. It is so worth it in the end.
Feel free to PM or reply if you have any additional questions...your baby will do great!
Sorry to hear about your pup, she's lucky to have owners like you who care so much! Best of luck with the surgery!
Our rescue pup had an old knee injury prior to us adopting her. She ended up having to undergo surgery too, although for an ACL reconstruction. It was tough when she got home because she's a 60lbs dog and hates being picked up. She also lost a lot of muscle mass prior to surgery so it was hard on her whole body having to compensate for the injured leg post-op. Its a long, often painstaking process.... but we're not even a year out and she's a brand new dog! When adopting her she acted like a senior dog... now she dances, jumps and romps around with the best of them! So even in the toughest of times, keep your eye on the prize! Your furry one will love you for it!!
Also, the more toys, chews and other busy/time-killing toys you can keep for her the better!
Well today was the day to do it..
We dropped her off this morning at the hospital. Man...SHE WAS NERVOUS.
I am such a cry baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not hold back, i let the DH take care of all the paperwork and such, while i clinched onto her for my dear life. I scream pathetic.....worried mother. (WHAT WILL I BE LIKE WITH CHILDREN!!)
Anyways, should hear back by 1-2pm....
praying for the best! <3
thanks bees for all support.
@forforever: Yes, she is staying overnight.
They say they willl call us this afternoon to schedule a time to come in on Friday and do consult with the nurse about post op care and pick her up. Usually around 3-6pm.
EEEK. I will be having LOTS of wine tonight with dinner ;)
So the surgeon called, and said that everything went great and as expected.
I was sitting on pins and needles all day yesterday until i got that call!
She stayed overnight and nurse was impressed with her recovery in the first 24hours. We got a call this morning that we get to discharge her later this afternoon! YAHOO!!!!
Can't wait to have her home! :)
It's gonna be a long 8 weeks ahead, but I am so glad she is doing as good as she can be right now.
last night, DH called the night nurse to see how she was doing...and he asked the nurse if she could take a picture and send it to him.
Oh man, little girl looks so sad ;(
Here is the pic!
Thanks everyone for all your advice!
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Oh, what a little face!! So happy to hear that the surgery went well, sending positive thoughts and hugs her way!
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So, we rescued my furry friend in June.
We got her checked out the next day at the vet, and they said that she has a luxated patella- right off the bat. They could tell. So we thought nothing of it, until 3 months later we noticed a lot of skipping/hobbling..etc.
Got it checked out again, was referred to a surgeon. Well I guess the luxated patella is a 4 stage ordeal. My furbaby is a 3 out of 4 (4 being the worst). She was a puppy mill pup and so they bred pretty much bad genes and this is what happens.
Her muscle basically doesn't have a groove to lie in, and so the muscle just flops back and forth and causes her knees to be unstable causing the skipping and hobbling, etc. I guess if left untreated like anything it will grow to fit the situation and just have a little gimpy leg.
The surgery is pretty common, and simple. they build a groove and pin the muscle to her leg. EEEK.
can't help but feel sorry for the pup is gonna have surgery...she is so healthy and feels fine, and probably doesnt bother her. The doctor's say to treat it now before it gets worse.
Everytime i think about it cry.........HOW AM I EVER GOING TO HAVE CHILDREN...WELP!
send good vibes please...and if you have had a pup have this surgery, pls let me know how it went ;)