Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture

[mickie]

My 8 month old German Shepard pup was playing with his little friend and hurt his leg. He favored it for a few days, seemed to getting better, then hurt it again and had a bad limp. The vet did not take exrays but insisted it was CCLR. She gave him pain pills, said to wait a week. If was not better to call them and set up an appt. with a surgeon....

What should I do? I don't want him to go through surgery and maybe it can heal itself?......

[Daveyo]

Get the X-Rays first and then the MRI to determine if it is a rupture. If not, then treat it according to the problem.

Let me know the results of the X-Rays and MRI

Don't do any surgery until you have the facts in and contain your dog and keep it from walking all around until you get the diagnosis confirmed.

Daveyo