plebayo wrote:So has the vet actually felt his knee? I'm just confused as to why the vet can't tell if the cruciate is torn. You can't see the tear on x-ray, x-rays are usually just to make sure there is nothing else going on?
Yes, his knee was manipulated a few years ago when he was limping and last recent visit. A few years ago, it was "lax" but he stopped limping with the Rimadyl. This time it was still "lax" but not where he felt it was an emergency to get him in for xrays.
These aren't the Vet's words, but my interpretation of what is going on and what was said: He favors his leg, not always putting full weight on the foot, but other times he does put weight on it. The x-rays are to see if there is anything else going on in there and to see whatever he can with the knee.
I remember Darlene's xray, and I could have sworn, I saw the cruciate torn and meniscus ripped.
My concern, other than the price of all of this stuff and if there is surgery, is what those of you who own extra-large breed dogs know....cruciate recuperation sucks because I will have to get him up and down and outside. He outweighs me. In and out of the SUV for Vet visits will be difficult, too.