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<blockquote data-quote="Suz" data-source="post: 262806" data-attributes="member: 29"><p>Hi Kjs,</p><p> </p><p>I wrote you when this first came up but I'll refresh your memory.</p><p> </p><p>I've been through it 3 times with 2 of my dogs. The first was Katie. The doctor determined that she was too old for surgery when it happened so I carried her outside to potty for 6 weeks, kept her as quiet as possible otherwise. She was a lab/shepherd mix so this was no small feat. Slowly but surely she healed.</p><p> </p><p>My sweet Chelsea blew her ACL at age 11. Even though she was old, I put her through surgery. It was very painful for her and an arduous recovery...but she recovered. Last summer at age 13 she blew the other acl on her other hind knee. I thought for sure that the doctor would tell me to put her down but he didn't (maybe because I was sobbing so hard?). She's another one who recovered on her own.</p><p> </p><p>On April 15 Chelsea will turn 14. She hobbles some days and goes from a standing to laying down position veeerrrrrryyyy sloooooooowly...but she also plays for a few minutes every morning and again every night and has a big grin on her face most days. Both Katie and Chelsea dropped a lot of weight as they got older and the vets said that was partly why they managed to hang in there.</p><p> </p><p>Your Chloe is still young by comparison to how old mine were when they had this happen. Since surgery is not an option, my advice is to keep her on her diet, try to keep her quiet, and hope for the best. Every day she hasn't gotten worse is a day further into recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Suz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suz, post: 262806, member: 29"] Hi Kjs, I wrote you when this first came up but I'll refresh your memory. I've been through it 3 times with 2 of my dogs. The first was Katie. The doctor determined that she was too old for surgery when it happened so I carried her outside to potty for 6 weeks, kept her as quiet as possible otherwise. She was a lab/shepherd mix so this was no small feat. Slowly but surely she healed. My sweet Chelsea blew her ACL at age 11. Even though she was old, I put her through surgery. It was very painful for her and an arduous recovery...but she recovered. Last summer at age 13 she blew the other acl on her other hind knee. I thought for sure that the doctor would tell me to put her down but he didn't (maybe because I was sobbing so hard?). She's another one who recovered on her own. On April 15 Chelsea will turn 14. She hobbles some days and goes from a standing to laying down position veeerrrrrryyyy sloooooooowly...but she also plays for a few minutes every morning and again every night and has a big grin on her face most days. Both Katie and Chelsea dropped a lot of weight as they got older and the vets said that was partly why they managed to hang in there. Your Chloe is still young by comparison to how old mine were when they had this happen. Since surgery is not an option, my advice is to keep her on her diet, try to keep her quiet, and hope for the best. Every day she hasn't gotten worse is a day further into recovery. Suz [/QUOTE]
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