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Dog Injuries

Injuries, recovery, rehabilitation

fourteen month writeup on our 68 pound lab mixes torn CCL, the eight weeks of conservative management that almost held and then didnt, the 5400 dollar TPLO, what crate rest actually does to a young athletic dog and the people who live with him, the week by week recovery nobody shows you, and the other knee statistic they mention after youve paid

Moose is our 4 year old lab mix, 68lb at the time of injury, and fourteen months ago he chased a ball in the backyard like he had ten thousand times before, yelped once, and came back toe touching on...

Posted by aussie_apartment_two_years•
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seven year old labrador male with a confirmed complete cranial cruciate ligament rupture on the right stifle diagnosed this monday, primary care vet has referred us to a board certified surgeon for TPLO consultation and our rehab vet has separately offered a structured conservative management protocol, looking for the version of this decision from families and vets who have specifically walked through the seven to nine year old large breed dog presentation because the published material conflates the young dog and senior dog versions of this call

Murphy is a seven year old neutered labrador male, eighty four pounds at a fit body condition score of five out of nine, no orthopedic history before this week, no pre existing conditions, no NSAID...

Posted by passionate_dogdad_794•
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five year old german shepherd partially tore his cruciate ligament chasing a frisbee and our vet is recommending TPLO surgery, conservative management came up as an option but i cannot tell from the published material whether that is a real choice or a false comparison the surgical community correctly dismisses

Magnus is a 5 year old german shepherd from a working line breeder, 78 pounds, lean and well muscled, no prior orthopedic issues. We were doing our usual saturday frisbee session in the backyard last...

Posted by gsd_ccl_partial_tear•
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Emergency vet visit at 2am - $3,200 later

My corgi ate a sock. A SOCK. He pulled it out of the laundry basket when I wasnt looking and swallowed it whole apparently. Started vomiting at midnight. Emergency vet confirmed obstruction on xray....

Posted by borkjen•
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