My vet said she would do it, but didn't seem confident. I don't know if that was because she isn't a skillful surgeon, or just would rather a specialist do it, or because the success rate over a longer period of time isn't much higher than letting them heal at home. By success I mean not only restoring mobility, but avoiding arthritis. It seems to me that even though they have the surgery they will still eventually develop arthritis in the joint. As I understand, the pain from the injury will subside as it heals, and that long term pain comes from arthritis. It seems to me that the surgery is good for a faster recovery and staving off arthritis for the next year or two, but that in the end, her knee will still have the arthritis, and will never be the same as before the injury.