Just wanted to point out one statement that is incorrect:

“The direct answer is NO, because unlike muscle pulls and sprains, a torn ligament can’t be repaired without surgery.”

Actually, the torn ligament is not repaired in surgery at all, the knee is stablized by the surgical technique used.

Just wanted to clarify that point.

Stephanie

At 15, its hard to say whether or not surgery will be a good option. If your dog acts young and lively and has some years left, it might be something to consider. But on the other hand, 15 is getting up there in years, especially for a dog, so you may want to consider going the conservative management route. Just type “conservative management” into the search box at the top right of this site.

I hope this info helps, feel free to comment on any of our other posts to get more info from myself (and/or from our readers).

Best of luck!

I had a question, I wrote last night but I’m not sure if it got to the right place.

I have an 11 year old 15lb Yorkie. He runs around a lot and does a lot of jumping on and off things. He injured his leg a week ago and cannot put weight on it but he is running around like there is nothing wrong and is not in any pain. I took him to the vet yesterday and he is scheduled for CCL surgery tomorrow. He was having surgery for the LP last year, in the same leg, but when he was under anesthesia, they decided it wasn’t severe enough to warrant the repair, so they just cleaned his teeth. My question is whether the surgery is the right thing to do for a dog his age, and do you know any info on cases where they opted out of surgery?

We’re still working on finishing all the posts/stories on this site. Thanks for bringing that to our attention, we’ll try to get that finished soon.

In the meantime, we went with the Traditional surgery and it has been great.

I was wondering how “Your Story”, located in the “Our Story” section of this site, concluded?

You state that you would have done things differently, but don’t explain what those changes would have been. You then proceed to explain the 3 types of surgeries available, but don’t tell us which one you picked and what the results are.

I’m interested in the end of your story.

Thanks.