Poppit the Wonderdog!

So she went to vets yesterday after not bearing any weight on her front leg for two days, so under sedation she was examined and x-rayed and was found to have dislocated her shoulder and ruptured all of the ligaments holding the bone into the joint.

We were given two options reconstructive surgery, involving a prosthesis of some sort, or amputation.

Not much in the way of choices there! It’s practically unheard of and none of the Vets at our practice had ever seen an injury like hers on a dog let alone had any experience of them so a specialist was our only sensible route.

We’ve opted for reconstruction, as the Orthopaedic specialist sounds pretty hopeful that he can do something, the only problem being that it will have been a full two weeks since the injury by the time she goes into surgery, so even now we may end up with a three legged dog.

But I think that it is only fair that we give it a go, she’s at home on strict rest and pain killers…so until Monday…