Need to hear from someones experience whos had a dog with a ruptured
crutiate ligament. My beagle has been diagnosed with this today and am told
that his other hind leg will end up doing the same because he is now using
the good leg to compensate for the bad.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You !

The vet who told you that the other let will rupture is 100% correct.

Once the dog throws the weight off the bad leg the other takes more beating
and tearing and ruptures much sooner. The best course is to have this one
fixed ASAP. This is a very painful condition that can be corrected and
often the dog recovers completely but it has to have immediate attention.
If you correct this rupture and get dog back to walking on all fours it will
take the strain off the good leg. Eventually the other may need to be
repaired but it may not happen for another 3 or 4 years where is you let
this go you are lucky if the dog makes it 6 months.

I had a lab/husky mix who had this happen to both his legs. He had to have
them both repaired and it probably wouldn't have been that way if I had
known when he first became lame in the first leg that it should have been
correct BEFORE he tore the ligament. Because I didn't get him looked at
since I thought it was a sprain it caused much more damage.

Celeste






"Mona" wrote in message
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Need to hear from someones experience whos had a dog with a ruptured
crutiate ligament. My beagle has been diagnosed with this today and am
told
that his other hind leg will end up doing the same because he is now using
the good leg to compensate for the bad.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You !

"Mona" wrote in message
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Need to hear from someones experience whos had a dog with a ruptured
crutiate ligament. My beagle has been diagnosed with this today and am
told
that his other hind leg will end up doing the same because he is now using
the good leg to compensate for the bad.

Find a way to afford the surgery if you can. Its painful for the dog and
can cause a host of other problems. Having the other ACL go isn't a
guarantee but it is a likelihood. The longer you allow your dog to favor
the bad knee, making the good knee do the work of both, the higher the
likelihood for the other ACL to go. Caught & fixed quickly you can help
prevent the need to repair 2 ACLs within years of each other.

My Min. Dachshund had her right ACL repaired in Sept. 2003 (she was 9yo) and
the left one was still in good shape when she died last month. She
recovered well from surgery, had really good pain meds to keep her still &
primarily asleep for 5 days, and was able to use the affected knee again in
about 4 weeks. If you can, shop around for rates. Depending on where you
live and how many vets perform orthopedic surgeries, you may find a vet
either more affordable for this procedure or one who is willing to finance
you.

--
Tara

Mona wrote:
Need to hear from someones experience whos had a dog with a ruptured
crutiate ligament. My beagle has been diagnosed with this today and am told
that his other hind leg will end up doing the same because he is now using
the good leg to compensate for the bad.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You !


My Husky/Lab mix just had the surgery. It was old injury that went
un-noticed until recently. she used to fencefight with one of the
neighbor's dogs and hurt it jumping I think. knee joint was/is arthritic
and it worsened when the weather started getting colder. she's getting
around really well after 5 weeks but still have to keep her quiet and
away from other dogs. vet said her good leg looked/felt fine so maybe
she lucked out there.