My 8 yr old husky has been diagnosed w/ an ACL rupture and I am about to consult SouthPaws in Northern VA regarding surgery. I know they are not inexpensive but have not found any other facilities in the area that do the surgery. Does anyone know of other veterinary hospitals that do these repairs for a second opinion in the Northern Virginia area?

We have a 2 year old Golden that seems to have torn both CCL’s and on top of that, she has a grade 2 heart murmur. I’m collecting cost for surgery and was curious if anyone has had both knees done at the same time? She’ll have to be cleared before surgery with the heart problem, which we hope won’t be a issue. Anyway, just curious if anyone have had to get both knees done at the same time.
Thanks!

Memphis hurt his knee a little over one year ago. He was never fully lame and I didn’t take him to check it out at the vet for 3 months, thinking that it would for sure improve. I have had 3 vets tell me that he probably should have surgery but am not really sure. I am worried I waited too long, or that we have too many stairs for a good recovery, or that he might still get better. There have been weeks of definite improvement …

The following story and questions came from reader Nina through our Contact Page. I haven’t had any experience with these problems, so I’m hoping that some of our readers can help answer some of Nina’s questions.
My Boxer mix had tight rope surgery on his knee April 2010. I did all the slow rehabilitation like the vet requested. His knee still gave him problems and after several more vet visits has been placed on anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medications which do not seem to help. Recently a …

The following story comes from Jan in the United Kingdom. Though most of our readers are from the United States, I thought that it’d be great to offer information for those readers who are overseas and Jan agreed to share her story about her Doberman named Fiel. I hope that all of you all find Jan’s story helpful (this will be released in 3 parts). You can read Part I and Part II here if you haven’t read it already.
Doberman Pinscher …

The following story comes from Jan in the United Kingdom. Though most of our readers are from the United States, I thought that it’d be great to offer information for those readers who are overseas and Jan agreed to share her story about her Doberman named Fiel. I hope that all of you all find Jan’s story helpful (this will be released in 3 parts). You can read Part I here if you haven’t read it already.
Jan’s Doberman Pinscher CCL Story (Part II)
Day of the op …

The following story comes from Jan in the United Kingdom. Though most of our readers are from the United States, I thought that it’d be great to offer information for those readers who are overseas and Jan agreed to share her story about her Doberman named Fiel. I hope that all of you all find Jan’s story helpful (this will be released in 3 parts).
Jan’s Doberman Pinscher CCL Story (Part 1)
My 6 and half year old Doberman called Fiel (means Loyal/faithful in Spanish) was just recovering from a hematoma …