Acadia
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So Cadie was diagnosed with a grade 2 luxating patella, as I posted a month or two ago. X-rays also showed a twisted femur that the vet wouldn't know for sure until she was operating if she would need to break that. The common procedure for lux. pat. is to deepen the grove that the patella sits in. To do that was the best case scenario, adding a break to the femur would be only if absolutely necessary. A further issue would be if there was already a cruciate tear that would be discovered during surgery. Well, as it turns out, Cadie's groove was perfectly deep enough, but her twisted femur was making it luxate. So she had to break the femur. Then, the cranial cruciate ligament showed degenerative changes, so she had to have a TPLO as well, breaking the tibia. My poor sweet baby girl - a solid 3 months of recovery and god help me if it doesn't take. The surgeon said her "recumbent position" is very good (a post-operative indicator of making the needed changes).
I am sooo mad at that stupid woman who was "too cheap" ( her words) to spay her young newf female with an intact newf male in the house. She has 3 Newfs, now 4 as she kept one of the litter, and didnt know a rat's behind about breeding or complications that can arise. Her response? Her dogs are fine. Course both parents were under two years of age so even if they could have been certified eventually, she would never pay for it. I obviously didn't know about breeding issues etc...when not done the "right" way. These people were friends of a friend and so I trusted them and I got a good price. My $400 newf cost me $5000! I do have insurance and while the money part sucks, it's the suffering of my most darling, sweet baby girl. Don't worry, the female was spayed during her c-section.
I am sooo mad at that stupid woman who was "too cheap" ( her words) to spay her young newf female with an intact newf male in the house. She has 3 Newfs, now 4 as she kept one of the litter, and didnt know a rat's behind about breeding or complications that can arise. Her response? Her dogs are fine. Course both parents were under two years of age so even if they could have been certified eventually, she would never pay for it. I obviously didn't know about breeding issues etc...when not done the "right" way. These people were friends of a friend and so I trusted them and I got a good price. My $400 newf cost me $5000! I do have insurance and while the money part sucks, it's the suffering of my most darling, sweet baby girl. Don't worry, the female was spayed during her c-section.
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