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Thanks Craig, yes it is the CCL, I keep referring to it as the ACL which it is not. The surgery due to her age is not a good option. Time to retire her unfortunately.
I am planning on trying to use alternate treatments to improve her stability, and reduce any discomfort. I have seen some braces and may try them. |
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There have been discussions on this topic on the Shooting Sportsman forum under the 'hunting dogs' heading by some top dog men.
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Thank you Dean, I will have a look right away.
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I can't say how helpful they will be but they were good discussions of opinions and experiences.
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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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My dog (not a hunting dog) had two torn ACLs. We elected not to have any surgery done and he recovered fine with just limiting his activity and administering anti-inflamitory medication.
Keep in mind that the different types of surgeries are just methods of stabilizing the joint so that scar tissue can develop in the proper way. The same thing can be done with activity limitation so that the scar tissue will repair the joint naturally. Why would bones need to be cut and altered to correct the problem. ? And the other proceedure (not usually recommended for bigger dogs) where a rubber band is put in, thay are basically designed to stretch out or eventually break over time. But the hopes are that the band will fail after scar tissue has done its job. Just my thoughts based on my experiences.
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At torn ACL is a tendon and torn tendons do not heal, fuse, or any other thing. They remain torn without surgery to tie them back to the bone. Chemicals of any kind either synthetic or natural will not fix the situation. A dog with a torn ALC and no repair may learn to compensate and get around but a hunting dog or competition dog it will no longer be. You can expect a limp and most probably early arthritis.
My good friend and field trialer had a ACL tear in June on one of her labs. It is just getting better and always under constant supervision while out but he tore the other side this weekend just loping around on cut grass. |
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