My dawg goes under the knife Friday morning

Tomorrow (Friday) at 7am MST the coolest dog I've ever had the pleasure to take care of goes under the knife. Stella's having both back knees scoped in the morning. Hopefully, they don't find any significant tears. She's also got a pretty nasty case of hip dysplasia in her right hip. She'll probably just have to deal with that for the rest of her life because her knees will never likely be strong enough to deal with the hip rehab after surgery.
This dog is as sweet as any dog I've ever come across. She just got dealt a crummy genetic hand. Arthritic knees and bad hips. Hopefully after rehab she'll be able to at least go for walks with me again.

Give 'em hell, Stella!

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Good luck and a quick recovery Stella!

labs + bad hipps = major shitty deal

mines gottem too.

Unbelievable crazy animals. Have no concept of selfishness, only undying devotion to please you.

hope she does well.

Stella heal quickly your tennis ball is waiting




dogs kick ass !

Hoping for the best for Stella.

CSU?

Dogs are amazing, on that note Stella we want you pushing that rehab and listen to the doc's orders when it comes to the rehab. My dog Dana had to have her ACl replaced the same month as I did. I went to pick her up the day she was cut and she came out the door on 3 legs and jumped right into my truck.
Good luck and get back out in the sun as fast as you can stella!

Best wishes to Stella! She looks like a great dog.

I hope Stella makes it through the surgery alright. I bet she'll be back to normal damn quick. Hell you will probably have to slow her down. I always found it amazing how dogs can be so active after surgery. It's like they can ignore pain.

Good Luck Stella! She looks awesome. Our Husky has hip dysplasia(sp?) and will most likely need a hip transplant later on in her life. It's amazing how far technology has come as far as hips go. Something like a 98% recovery rate!!!

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FUCK YOU ASSHOLE

^^if you cant say anything nice, dont say anything at all^^

Good luck, Stella. Hope they find something that is easy to fix.

Now, that i have a dog (first time since i was a kid) i would do just about anything for him.

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Originally Posted by Paladin

At what co$t? I don't imagine getting scoped is inexpensive. If they do not find any tears you have spent money for nothing. If they do find tears you either get to say, "Yup. it's torn." or you get to throw down more ca$h to have it fixed. I know it sounds heartless but, "It's a fucking dog, man." Why not take your $2k??? and give it to cancer research or feed some local homeless for a few weeks? It would be a better use of rescources IMO.

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It's people like you that fuck the world up. How bout you take these^^^ words and shove them up your fat ass you cocksucking alias posting monkey fucker.

As I feared and half-expected, Stella had a partially torn right ACL (technically a CCL in dogs) and fully torn left ACL. The Doc released the right one and cleaned up the joints in both. Because of her hips she's not a very good candidate for TPLO knee surgery (pretty much a rebuild of the knee). So, he expects that with both joints released and cleaned up that most of her pain will be relieved and she should be able to return to moderate activity after a couple weeks of inactivity and then a few weeks of hydro-rehab.

Broke my heart to see her all splayed out on the table. She'll be spending the night in the hospital and coming home tomorrow morning.

She'll probably never trust me to take her for a ride again. :)

glad to hear she's okay jibij. :)

Good for Stella!!!

Jibj: Have you got her on Rimadyl? That stuff can do wonders.

Also, and this is no shit, accupuncture can really help bad hips.


And Paladin....go fuck yourself.

jibij, sounds rough man. Glad to hear she'll be up and about before too long.

Black labs - the greatest dogs in the world.

I hope all goes well with her in the future. She sounds like a great dog.

I agree with Paladin.

I mean, think about it. It's a total waste of money. When my grandmother was sick, we didn't do any palliative care at all-- just left her, really. I saved a ton on medications and home care. I think some of it did, in fact, go to feed some local homeless. I delivered it on the new bike I just got with the rest.

I'm going to do the same thing for my parents.

I can only hope someone will be kind enough to do that for you, too, Paladin.

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I mean, think about it. It's a total waste of money. When my grandmother was sick, we didn't do any palliative care at all-- just left her, really.

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Yeah, your family said "it's just an old lady," right?

And thank you Paladin on your input for how jibij should spend his money. I'm sure he appreciates it.

Sure dogs are nice and all and I'm sure he really loves her but now he has spent a pile of cash to have a crippled for life dog. Where do you draw the line? If next year she gets sick & needs a $1k in treatment his dog now has run him even more for a crippled dog who is in pain when she goes for walks but does it because she like to please his master. As stated above they have an "undying devotion to please you" it's true. An old crippled dog will walk tiil it drops if it thinks it will make you happy. Let's say 2-3 years from now Jibij has a kid. Old crippled dogs are not kid friendly. Does he put her down or try to give her to someone else to look after in her declining years.

I'm not trying to be a dick (it comes naturally) I am just looking at it from a pragmatic point of view. I once had a dog who got injured and was going to need approx. $1500 to repair and then not be what she once was. The vet wanted an additional $100 to put her down and deal with the body. I took her home and said goodbye, put a .22 in her head and burried her under an oak tree. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Paladin - I'm a grownup with kids. How I choose to spend my money, how I choose to raise my kids and how I choose to care for the pets that my family and I have agreed to care for is my business. I didn't start this thread to create some sort of pro-life/pro-choice debate. I started it because there are a lot of dog friendly people on this site and those people are also an extension of my family. I felt like sharing.

Here's the great thing about our society:
As long as I'm not fukkin' something up for somebody else, I get to live my life the way I choose. You get the right to spout your opinions regarding my choices (a decent member of that society would recognize the right time and place to express those opinions). Fortunately, I don't have to give a shit about your opinions.

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Originally Posted by Paladin

Sure dogs are nice and all and I'm sure he really loves her but now he has spent a pile of cash to have a crippled for life dog. Where do you draw the line? If next year she gets sick & needs a $1k in treatment his dog now has run him even more for a crippled dog who is in pain when she goes for walks but does it because she like to please his master. As stated above they have an "undying devotion to please you" it's true. An old crippled dog will walk tiil it drops if it thinks it will make you happy. Let's say 2-3 years from now Jibij has a kid. Old crippled dogs are not kid friendly. Does he put her down or try to give her to someone else to look after in her declining years.

I'm not trying to be a dick (it comes naturally) I am just looking at it from a pragmatic point of view. I once had a dog who got injured and was going to need approx. $1500 to repair and then not be what she once was. The vet wanted an additional $100 to put her down and deal with the body. I took her home and said goodbye, put a .22 in her head and burried her under an oak tree. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

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Hey buddy one man's $1000.00 is another mans nickel.

Oh yeah I almost forgot:
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All doped up and no place to go.
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Glad she is home. +++++++++

About to take my second Dane in to find out what all these lumps are. :(

good to see her at home on her bed. Good luck Stella

Best of luck Stella!!!

good luck stella

Kick ass, Stella!!!

hope stella is doing well! feel lucky that its just her knees that need repair. hold her and love her, cause ya never know.......

just found out my guy (8 yr old yellow lab) has at best 10-18 months left :( Lymes disease has damaged his kidneys beyond repair....i am heartbroken.

Hope Stella's doing well.
Do you give her Glucosamine? Most of the dog handlers I know do to help with wear and tear on the joints. You can get it from vets and pet shops.
If you are giving her Rimadyl make sure she is well hydrated.

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Originally Posted by irul&ublo

Good for Stella!!!

Jibj: Have you got her on Rimadyl? That stuff can do wonders.

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Irul, tell me more about that stuff. I've heard it mentioned, but haven't done any research (yet). Kona is currently taking Ester-C and Glucosamine. She seems to be doing well, in that she's comfy and a really happy girl, but anything we can do to help her, we will.

Good luck, Stella.

Sorry to hear about your buddy, freshies.

Stella's looking like her old self again. She soooo want's to go jump around in the 2 to 3 feet of snow we've got in the yard.

freshies... that's really rough. So sorry to hear that. I'm sure you'll make her remaining time the best it possibly could be.

Redskea... I've tried a couple different Gloucosamine tablets and can't get her to eat them without trickery. Still trying though.

irul... never tried Rimadyl but will be looking into it now. Thanks.

Rimadyl is pretty good stuff IIRC though it does eventually take a toll on a dog's kidneys/liver... you'll be amazed at the change in the dog for the better.

A couple of tricks for pills that you might try. treat the pill like a treat in how you hold it and give it. Sometimes I'll make sue do a couple of tricks for a pill. Poor sucker eats it just to make me think he likes it I think. Not the sharpest dog apparently.

The other thing you can do is make the dog sit, and stand right behind it with your legs kind of holding the dog gently. Take the pill and put a little water cupped in your hand, hold the dog's mouth up and open, toss both the water and pill down close mouth and stroke the throat gently. Works 99% of the time. Once the dog licks its nose you can be pretty sure it's eaten the pill.

Along the easy food lines and what I usually do is just get a finger full of peanut butter push the pill into it and then swab the finger on the roof of the dog's mouth.

Or put it into some cheese...
:)

Also, many of the super premium dog foods contain glucosamine.

Freshies- Sorry to hear about your dog. Love em up!

jibster,

glad she is pepping back up. I am sure she will be back at it soon enough. Dog sees snow and wants to go slay some pow.

to add what LB said. If you have to go the forceful route of pill taking, hold her jaw closed, take the pill slide it to the back of her mouth along her teeth, there will be a gap behind her last tooth that you can slip the pill in behind. Then continue to hold her mouth closed (wrap hand around snout) and rub her throat, it might take a minute but she'll eventually have to swallow. I usually go the peanut butter route, my dogs love it.

pill pockets - greatest pet invention ever (wish i would have thought of these). they are essentially beef jerkey "pods" with an open top. you pop the pills in the them, and squeeze the top shut to form a perfect little jerkey treat/pill delivery system....Shasta refused to take all his pills for the Lymes disease and kidney damage, etc...so i would have to shove them down his throat, or disgusie in cheese, bury in his food, etc. Until these little gems were discovered. Buy 'em @ Petco, they are called "pill pockets". good luck!