Quote Originally Posted by RissaEst View Post
@Mephibosheth1
Unnecessary surgery is never good. I did not advise homeopathic medications, I simply suggested not using pain meds in the non-surgical rehabilitation. The pain is natures way to tell the dog, "Hey, this hurts so don't use it." With proper supervision and precautions, a torn ligament can be healed by specific exercises and monitoring of very controlled activity. It takes longer but is less invasive and less things can go wrong. Vets suggest surgery right away. If you monitor a dog for about 8 weeks and see NO improvement THEN surgery will be the only option. It does NOT need to be done right away. I can go into more detail but whats the point?

I have worked with dogs that have gone the non-surgical route and I have worked with dogs who HAVE gone the surgical route. The dogs who have gone the non-surgical way have far less (if any) arthritis than the ones who have had surgery. The ones who have had surgery need to take tons of medications to keep the arthritis at bay. I am not saying that this is true in every case! There are success and failure stories on both sides. I just don't believe in paying for something that isn't necessary and not necessarily better.

I just thought I would try to save Ms. Parks money. I didn't ask for her to lower the price (after her very gracious 33% discount) more than she already had. I love animals and just wanted to help.

I don't understand where you are getting this information on torn ACLs. Ligaments do not repair themselves. In humans they will do surgery to repair the ligament, but in a canine it is much more humane and makes more sense to in a way that will replace the ligament itself. TPLO screws two metal plates into each side of the knee and makes it so the ligament is not even needed. The less invasive surgery is really only an option for older dogs. It is pretty much tying a wire around the joints to hold them together and it will hold for a few years. any and all homeopathic methods for this type of injury only will reduce pain but I'm not about to put my 1 year old doh through a decade of pain until the day he dies.