I went through this with one of my setters 3 years ago. My six year old setter blew his knee out a week before the season. I guess I'm glad I live where I do the repair surgery cost about $1500 from a vet recommended by my regular doc.
The surgery was successful but the recovery time was well over a year. The worst part was the first couple months where I had to keep a very active setter from running or playing. Then it was slow going; kind of a two steps forward, one step back sort of thing.
One downside is the vet tells me that dogs that have this sort of problem tend to sooner or later have the other knee go. So far I've been lucky, knock on wood, my dog has been okay.
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