re: My Labrador blew out her knee

My Heeler severed her calcaneous (achilles) tendon when she was 8 months. We lived in an apartment with a spiral metal staircase, and the bottom lip of each step was uncovered. Well she got to trying to round up some kittens we were fostering at the time, and slipped on the stairs.

She cut it cleanly, and she only yelped once, brave pup. Thought we were gonna have to put her down, but the LSU vet that night begged us to try to find another solution and refused to to give her the shot. We were lucky I got approved for a CareCredit line that would cover her surgery and aftercare--about 2400.

Sherwood Animal Hospital had a canine orthopedic specialist who fixed her up. Had a few difficulties (bc she's a Heeler) but the doc said her results were some of the best he'd seen with that injury. It still swells and pains her periodically, but not in a way that degrades her quality of life. She's 6 now, still doing well.