Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke
What did the Surgeon say about "restricting" her activities?
My SmokeMutt had (has) a Luxating Patella - right rear used to go out on him
several times a week when he was about 1.5 - 2.5 years old.
Specialist said he could "fix-zit" with surgery - BUT SmokeMutt would have to
be confined on aLEASH for 2 to 4 months ... NO running of jumping at all!
Smokey decided to try learning to live with his bum knee ... which has turned out
to be an almost Total Success!!
* He got to where HE could *pop* it back into place whith a shake or a stretch.
* If he couldn't get it back into place, he'd *hop* over to me and hold out the knee
for me to work on. I got pretty good at "Knee Poppin"!
* And he learned how to "condition" the bum knee/leg ...
For a while he did his hard runnin on three legs - tuck up the bum one and
go like the wind on three!
Then I noticed he was "skip runnin" - sometimes on three, sometimes on all four ...
working on building up the bum knee and weak leg ...
At 6 years old - you have to look very closely to notice he had a problem.
Be sure to ask Miura's Vet just how active she can be.
/s/ Phred
ha ha ha ,
Well, as you can see, I haven't learned how to quote just one sentence.
As for restrictions and activities, My son told me , (over the phone) that the specialist wasn't concerned about anythingApparently, a specific tendon had completely slid over the knee joint, pulling onto the patella , and, preventing from being popped back into place by hand.
He encouraged my Son to allow Miura to use her back leg,,
No splint either, so, this must have been an open and shut case and won't occur again.
They will ask more questons when they pick her up tomorrow.
I am taking Daisy and Delilah's advice and placing small foot stools near their bed., she wants to sleep with them at night. Otherwise, Miura uses her crate , and, since they bought a new leather/vinyl sofa and love seat, she isn't allowed on the couchs anymore.
(You ought to see what the little rascal did to their other couch!!!)
She is used to getting onto our furniture, so, I bought her a small bed with a pillow and high sides, just her wee little size. I don't want her to jump onto or off from anything at all. She wants to play , play, play when she comes to our house because she knows I adore her and give her so much of my attention, so, I suppose I've spoiled her there.
They will no doubt keep her home for a few days ---lucky that this happened while they were on vacation from work.
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