Originally Posted by
beeniesmom
We will take it one day at a time and hope for the best.
Keep a close eye on Frankie ~
You need to be sure he's "figured it out" and understands just what he Can
and Can NOT do with his "bum knee".
I was lucky with Smokey ...
He arrived a year old and seeming to have no problems ... till he and Cinder became
such fast friends and constant "runnin buddies" - THAT's when the knee started to pop out! 
But as we both learned how to deal with it when it popped -
HE also learned how to deal with it so it DIDN'T pop ... he changed his
"running style" to only use the "bum leg" under certain conditions - if he
didn't REALLY need it - he'd carry it or *skip steps* to save wear & tear!
Took him about a year to fine tune things; but "we" got it to the point where
about the only time he'd pop his knee was when they were rough-housing and
rasslin ... merely running around at top speed, leaping, and changing directions was
never a problem! 
The "bum leg" is not as muscled or quite as large
as the "good one" - but you have to be a very close observer to notice how
he sometimes favors one over the other!
My worry about not doing the surgery is if he'll have problems later in life - maybe
when he "furgetz" some of his techniques for keeping his knee on the right track.
His only medication is 1,000 mg of Glucosamine every morning - which seemed to
help when we started using it when the knee first acted up.
He gets nothing for pain or swelling - since there is none of that.
Good Luck with Frankie - hopefully he will "learn" how to live with his Bum Knee and
be able to manage on his own.
/s/ Phred & Smokey
/s/ Cinder, Smokey & Heidi
R.I.P. ~ Boots, Bowser, Sherman, & Snoopy
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He will be in my thoughts!
It could happen to any pup ...Frankie is still in my prayers. 
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