Front shoulder injury - Yellow Lb

We have a 3 year old yellow lab who is wild and crazy. Great dog but an idiot. She was playing in the snow last week and somehow hurt her front right shoulder. She will barely put any weight on it and when she does, she puts it out to the side for balance more than anything.

We have gone to the vet and x-rays were negative. Where we are has no dog mri machines close so we have to go 1.5 hours away to see what the injury is. Vet is thinking torn rotator cuff or bi-lateral ligaments or both and surgery is required. Just depends if it is arthroscopic or a full on open her shoulder up.


Either way, recovery is 6-12 weeks crate confinement and limited movement on that leg. We have pet insurance but I feel like the recovery is going to be brutal. Anybody ever done anything like this before? Vet said this is a rare injury for dogs.