Quote Originally Posted by areias

"luxating patella" ...
I know that the only option for luxating patella is surgery ...

Has anyone here ever dealt with it, or gone through the surgery?
What's the estimated cost of surgery?
Use the basic "Search" window and enter "luxating patella" - WITH the Quote Marks -
you'll get upwards of 25 threads to check out.

A lot of us have dogs with Luxating Patells - some have had surgical repairs;
some of us get away with drug thearpy rather than surgery.
My Smokey has learned how to manage his luxating patella quite well -
it's been several years since he's "knocked it out" - but both he and I got
pretty good at "popping"
it back into position when he had a problem ... he'd try *shaking* it - and if that didn't work,
he'd *yelp* once and hop over to me with the bum knee held out for "repair" ...
I'd push the kneecap back in and he'd give it a trial shake - then dash off on all four!

He's been given 1,000 mg of Glucosamine since he was diagnosed at age 18 months -
and I just switched him to the combination Glucosamine/Condroitin/MSM 750 mg -
given every 12 hours. Between the Glucosamine and his learning how to run without aggrivating the knee -
it took about a year - he now leads a VERY Active and pain-free life.

/s/ Phred