Thanks! I took her in for her consultation yesterday and the surgeon stayed late and went ahead and added her to his busy schedule for the day. She's an inside dog and pretty much thinks she's human. He saw her anxiety and said he didn't like the idea of dragging the process out further. It was very kind of him to go ahead and fix her leg.


We've had to keep her confined to a small room with no furniture or stairs for a few weeks already and she's so sad. She is very active and she is used to following us along all day and getting lots of exercise.


Her procedure went really well. We pick her up in a few hours. We have to keep her confined to a crate for at least 6 weeks and then she should be able to move around more. It will be 12 weeks or so before she can run again.


We went though all of this with our last dog. Its hard to look at their little sad faces and lock them up in their crate when they just want to be with you. We have to do what is best for her though. Not treating this would cause lifelong arthritis and I know you know more than anyone how cruel that would be. So, we are sucking it up and planning to do all we can to make this as easy as possible on her.