SHe's two years old. Mix breed. about 37 kg's in weight. Lovely dog.
Has a companion about 2 years older. Vet advises no jumping, no
running. Nothing more than lead walking say for 15 mins.

Guess I'm wondering if anyone else has experience of this malady in an
animal. ANd how do you stop an highly agile dog that lives to chase
rabbits from yahooing around the place.

cheers.

You can't keep her confined for ever. Spend the money and have the tear
repaired before she blows it completely and ends up with really bad
arthritis. Once it's repaired and it has healed completely she can go back
to running and being a dog. It's money well spent and a lot less painful in
the end to have it repaired especially repaired before it blows rather than
waiting for it to blow then repairing.


Celeste


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"k9nick" wrote in message
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SHe's two years old. Mix breed. about 37 kg's in weight. Lovely dog.
Has a companion about 2 years older. Vet advises no jumping, no
running. Nothing more than lead walking say for 15 mins.

Guess I'm wondering if anyone else has experience of this malady in an
animal. ANd how do you stop an highly agile dog that lives to chase
rabbits from yahooing around the place.

cheers.

On Dec 2, 4:40*pm, "Spot" wrote:
You can't keep her confined for ever. *Spend the money and have the tear
repaired before she blows it completely and ends up with really bad
arthritis. *Once it's repaired and it has healed completely she can go back
to running and being a dog. *It's money well spent and a lot less painful in
the end to have it repaired especially repaired before it blows rather than
waiting for it to blow then repairing.

Celeste

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SHe's two years old. Mix breed. about 37 kg's in weight. Lovely dog.
Has a companion about 2 years older. Vet advises no jumping, no
running. Nothing more than lead walking say for 15 mins.

Guess I'm wondering if anyone else has experience of this malady in an
animal. ANd how do you stop an highly agile dog that lives to chase
rabbits from yahooing around the place.

cheers.- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks for that. SPoken to the vet again by phone suggesting the same
thing. He thinks because it's a "partial" tear, the best thing for
her now is to rest her. He feels that if she has the op she will be
out of action for many weeks anyway and the operation may not be
necessary. He is of the view that arthritis will develop in any event.

On Dec 2, 8:45*pm, k9nick wrote:
On Dec 2, 4:40*pm, "Spot" wrote:





You can't keep her confined for ever. *Spend the money and have the tear
repaired before she blows it completely and ends up with really bad
arthritis. *Once it's repaired and it has healed completely she can go back
to running and being a dog. *It's money well spent and a lot less painful in
the end to have it repaired especially repaired before it blows rather than
waiting for it to blow then repairing.

Celeste

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SHe's two years old. Mix breed. about 37 kg's in weight. Lovely dog.
Has a companion about 2 years older. Vet advises no jumping, no
running. Nothing more than lead walking say for 15 mins.

Guess I'm wondering if anyone else has experience of this malady in an
animal. ANd how do you stop an highly agile dog that lives to chase
rabbits from yahooing around the place.

cheers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks for that. SPoken to the vet again by phone suggesting the same
thing. *He thinks because it's a "partial" tear, the best thing for
her now is to rest her. *He feels that if she has the op she will be
out of action for many weeks anyway and the operation may not be
necessary. He is of the view that arthritis will develop in any event.- Hide quoted text -

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I should say that becuase it is not a full tear, rest her and with
luck it should repair itself. If not, then operate

My vet said the same thing with my last dog, "it's a partial tear let it be
it probably won't need surgery". A year later he was having issues with his
other leg because the leg with the tear hurt worse and he was throwing more
of his weight onto his good leg therefore starting to destroy the knee on
the good leg.

I will NEVER let another of these injuries go hoping it doesn't tear. It
will be fixed immediately. I didn't realize just how bad he was feeling
till I took him in and had it repaired after he did finally blow it out.
Yes he has arthritis, with any of these injuries you get arthritis but it's
worse than it would have been because I didn't have it fixed immediately.

He also now has neurological issues with his sciatic nerves in the rear end
because of the irritation from him throwing his weight from one side to the
other. At one point last year he went from walking to dragging both his
rear legs because he couldn't feel them. He still has issues with his legs
and will drag his one foot when walking. He's been on 3 courses of
prednisone for this in a years time and we take him for daily walks to
stimulate him so he does number 2 because sometimes he can't tell when he
has to go and doesn't know he's going at all.

These injuries can cause a lot more issues then you realize I feel awful
because Buddy has these problems now and it could have been avoided.

Celeste

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On Dec 2, 4:40 pm, "Spot" wrote:
You can't keep her confined for ever. Spend the money and have the tear
repaired before she blows it completely and ends up with really bad
arthritis. Once it's repaired and it has healed completely she can go back
to running and being a dog. It's money well spent and a lot less painful
in
the end to have it repaired especially repaired before it blows rather
than
waiting for it to blow then repairing.

Celeste

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SHe's two years old. Mix breed. about 37 kg's in weight. Lovely dog.
Has a companion about 2 years older. Vet advises no jumping, no
running. Nothing more than lead walking say for 15 mins.

Guess I'm wondering if anyone else has experience of this malady in an
animal. ANd how do you stop an highly agile dog that lives to chase
rabbits from yahooing around the place.

cheers.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks for that. SPoken to the vet again by phone suggesting the same
thing. He thinks because it's a "partial" tear, the best thing for
her now is to rest her. He feels that if she has the op she will be
out of action for many weeks anyway and the operation may not be
necessary. He is of the view that arthritis will develop in any event.

Just rag the vet. Gonna take her in on friday for xrays to confirm the
problem then she's into the op. Vet reckons I'm up for 3 grand. THat's
new zealand dollars. Geesh, ll I can say is thank god interest rates
are coming down on our mortgage. lol