Dog - acl/ccl tear. Thoughts?

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Anyone ever gone more holistic? Brace? Anti flammatory meds?

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You have two and only two options.

Get the surgery. We had it done on our 9 year old Bouvier and 6 months later he’s good as new.

Did you get the TPLO?

I doubt a .22 works well on a St Bernard.

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I’ve got the money, smartass.

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If you do I would strongly recommend the surgery. Went through this back in July and had to make a call on my 9 year old.

If they suggest a plate be installed that is the best thing. We opted for the surgery and the first week isn't fun because you have to pick the damn dog up to go outside, but the dog isn't cripple...

Once they are outside they can move on their own just avoid going up stairs or attempting to get up or down on furniture.

After a week the dog thinks it is back to 100% and it is two months of not letting them jump up and down. After 2 months my dog was back to normal though I am cautious with the jumping.

To me it was worth it in the end. Last years of the dogs life being able to use 4 legs... my take

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I’ve got the money, smartass.

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Then why is this even a question, tightass

Get the fishing line thing done that replaces the ccl. My dog had both done and she has done well but she is under 20 pounds. They may want to do the plateau shaving thing. I wouldnt.

It was $1200 for each.

It maybe possible for them to splint it for 6 weeks and immobilize it too. I just did the surgery.

I think it's called a tightline or something.

A few boxes of raisins should do the trick.