Cuddles116
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So Brock my crazy Bulldog who thinks he's a greyhound was running around the other day in the yard, came inside tired and took a nap but when he woke up he had a limp.
This has happened in the past when he would go to the dog park and over do it and we use to have Metacam for it and would give him a dose and the next day and on he would be fine.
We called and made a vet appointment for the next day since we couldn't find the bottle and we let him sleep through the night without any pain meds and this morning he was limp free. Over the course of the day he was running around with Brink and walking without any issue. We kept our vet appointment so we could have him looked over anyway and get another bottle of the Metacam to keep around for play days and after looking him over they said he had tore his Cranial cruciate ligament and would need tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. All my vet did was touch and move him around a bit.
I have two questions, has anyone's Bulldog tore basically their ACL and continued to put pressure on it with running around and playing and walking/jumping? I highly feel if anything he may have pulled it the other day as he occasionally has done in the past but if it was torn as the vet said he would not have started walking around on it and putting the stress of running and jumping on it.
Two does anyone in the Chicago area have a vet they recommend that we could take Brock to for a second opinion? If surgery needs to be done I get it we got VPI and can get care credit, but Brock is walking around fine and there was no visual or conclusive type of test done to confirm and show me that there is indeed a need for this invasive procedure.
I do not want to have Brock go in for major surgery for no reason.
This has happened in the past when he would go to the dog park and over do it and we use to have Metacam for it and would give him a dose and the next day and on he would be fine.
We called and made a vet appointment for the next day since we couldn't find the bottle and we let him sleep through the night without any pain meds and this morning he was limp free. Over the course of the day he was running around with Brink and walking without any issue. We kept our vet appointment so we could have him looked over anyway and get another bottle of the Metacam to keep around for play days and after looking him over they said he had tore his Cranial cruciate ligament and would need tibial plateau leveling osteotomy. All my vet did was touch and move him around a bit.
I have two questions, has anyone's Bulldog tore basically their ACL and continued to put pressure on it with running around and playing and walking/jumping? I highly feel if anything he may have pulled it the other day as he occasionally has done in the past but if it was torn as the vet said he would not have started walking around on it and putting the stress of running and jumping on it.
Two does anyone in the Chicago area have a vet they recommend that we could take Brock to for a second opinion? If surgery needs to be done I get it we got VPI and can get care credit, but Brock is walking around fine and there was no visual or conclusive type of test done to confirm and show me that there is indeed a need for this invasive procedure.
I do not want to have Brock go in for major surgery for no reason.