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Originally Posted by Joekerr
No that's fair, and more or less you are correct. I'm not offended either, to each their own. He's 7, life expectancy is somewhere between 10-14 years. Not a young dog, but not terribly old either, sort of in the middle.
He's holding the leg up initially when he gets up from rest, but eventually puts it down after walking around for a few minutes, though I don't know how much weight he places on it obviously.
I think if I could prevent him from pulling and doing sprints, the tear could scar down enough to provide the support he needs, but that is more difficult than it sounds, he pulls when I take him for walks even if I shorten down the lead to my side just because he's excited initially, then he walks fine after a few minutes of pulling, but that is enough to inflame it again. Hard to fault him for being excited.
Anyways, we'll see - not going to imminently put him down, just hope he doesn't injure the other leg. Maybe with weight loss and that he'll heal up! Certainly hope so, it would bother me to put him down, but not $7K worth for a procedure that isn't guaranteed to fix things...just seems like a money grab to me.
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There's gotta be some sort of soft cast or wrap you can put on the leg to immobilize the joint. Even if it's just for walks when he's getting exciting an pulling. Something to keep it from re-tearing like you suspect is happening.