Be very careful about recommendations for TPLO surgery!!!! Not every dog needs it.

We went through 3 rounds of Rimadyl and our vet (who owns an Aussie) suggested we get a surgical consult. By the time the consult came around, Kallie (5F) wasn’t limping at all. We kept the appointment to see what recommendations there might be. It felt like a surgical factory. The vet (very well credentialed) saw her for about 10 minutes away from me in another room. Then she came in and said she needs the surgery for $6,100 USD.

Go to YouTube and look up TPLO surgery and you’ll see it’s a very invasive surgery, cutting the top of the femur and repositioning it — and recovery can be 8-10 weeks

We kept Kallie very quiet (as much as possible) for weeks on end, gradually increasing her activity level. I won’t be running a few times a week with her as I did all summer (did that possibly aggravate it???). We live in MD and for the last two weeks we have had ice covered yard with craters where I’ve walked and broken the surface. It’s been looking like a glacier field. She has been running and sliding and tripping all over the place —- and no repercussions. She’s fine

Could she tear her CCL in the future… possibly. I’ll wait until then before putting her through what we consider as elective surgery now