Hi everyone, I'm new here! You all seem to be a kind lot! I'm a dog walker & pet sitter, I absolutely adore animals. I'm replying to this one because I walk a golden retriever who's 11 now, she's had both her cruciate ligaments go and she's fine now, it was only about 3 weeks before she was up and about again so hope your little one goes on well. They say a smaller dog heals quicker with that sort of thing because they don't have so much weight to carry, thats what the vet told me anyway. I shall be visiting your site again soon, it' the best one I have visited so far. Keep up the good work and advice. Pat. By the way my user name is made up from the names of my two favourite dogs Daisy ( now gone to the Rainbow Bridge ) and Kate and the P is for Pat me.