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Would you pay for FULL hip replacement on you DOG???
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 167612" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>If the surgery promised a good outcome and if I had the money, I'd be the kind that would probably do it. I have Bostons and they can be very prone to luxating patellas, a heriditary knee problem that can get very severe. It doesn't always show up till they're two or three years old, and by that time sometimes the dog has been bred and passed it along to the puppies. The knee caps on the back legs pop out of place very easily and it can be crippling. My Katy has a very slight case, not bad yet, and not getting any worse, but it might. But I know other people with Bostons who have spent several thousand dollars (each leg!) to have surgery done to repair it.</p><p> </p><p>My cousin has a fairly young dog that suddenly developed diabetes and he became completely blind with cataracts within two months, even after he started on insulin. She paid over $5,000 for him to have the cataract surgery that restored his sight. Not everybody would or could do this, but she's a "dog person" just like me, and it broke her heart to see him like that. She says that now, everytime she sees him happily chasing squirrels through their back yard, she knows it was worth every penny!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 167612, member: 1883"] If the surgery promised a good outcome and if I had the money, I'd be the kind that would probably do it. I have Bostons and they can be very prone to luxating patellas, a heriditary knee problem that can get very severe. It doesn't always show up till they're two or three years old, and by that time sometimes the dog has been bred and passed it along to the puppies. The knee caps on the back legs pop out of place very easily and it can be crippling. My Katy has a very slight case, not bad yet, and not getting any worse, but it might. But I know other people with Bostons who have spent several thousand dollars (each leg!) to have surgery done to repair it. My cousin has a fairly young dog that suddenly developed diabetes and he became completely blind with cataracts within two months, even after he started on insulin. She paid over $5,000 for him to have the cataract surgery that restored his sight. Not everybody would or could do this, but she's a "dog person" just like me, and it broke her heart to see him like that. She says that now, everytime she sees him happily chasing squirrels through their back yard, she knows it was worth every penny! [/QUOTE]
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