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We got her from the local animal control dept at 7mths. I suspect she's confiscated from puppy mill breeders.
She's really active and loves running around. Just a week ago she had an incident where she was running and jumping about, and suddenly started screaming and holding her left hind leg up. She was in great pain and started peeing on the spot.
Half hour after the incident she seemed fine and could walk around with just a hint of a limp. We brought her to the vet who told us she has shallow grooves on her knee joints and her knee joint popped out injuring her ligament. We were given a course of anti inflammatory and pain relief.
She didn't seem in much pain after that... HOWEVER, over the 1 week that passed I noticed her hind left knee joint is still popping out and she stumbles occasionally when she exerts the left hind leg too much(I would attribute the stumble to the injured ligament). That joint doesn't seem as stable as before. We brought her back to the vet for a review who referred us to a orthopedic vet. I am terrified of sending her for surgery and would like to avoid it as much as possible.
I'm now doing some research on the condition patella luxation so that I know what to ask the orthopedic vet.
Can anyone share their experiences with me? Especially those who own toy poodles? Just how much difference will surgery make?
I would appreciate any additional opinions from the vets in this forum too.
Many thanks for your time!
She's really active and loves running around. Just a week ago she had an incident where she was running and jumping about, and suddenly started screaming and holding her left hind leg up. She was in great pain and started peeing on the spot.
Half hour after the incident she seemed fine and could walk around with just a hint of a limp. We brought her to the vet who told us she has shallow grooves on her knee joints and her knee joint popped out injuring her ligament. We were given a course of anti inflammatory and pain relief.
She didn't seem in much pain after that... HOWEVER, over the 1 week that passed I noticed her hind left knee joint is still popping out and she stumbles occasionally when she exerts the left hind leg too much(I would attribute the stumble to the injured ligament). That joint doesn't seem as stable as before. We brought her back to the vet for a review who referred us to a orthopedic vet. I am terrified of sending her for surgery and would like to avoid it as much as possible.
I'm now doing some research on the condition patella luxation so that I know what to ask the orthopedic vet.
Can anyone share their experiences with me? Especially those who own toy poodles? Just how much difference will surgery make?
I would appreciate any additional opinions from the vets in this forum too.
Many thanks for your time!
