Still To Much Snow For Dogs

[barenn]

[JMatthews]

Great looking dogs! And yes, too much snow!

[Cass]

Great pictures and beautiful dogs. I feel your pain, we still have a ton too. Heading out in half an hour for a walk through it anyways, the dog has been a nuisance the last day or 2 so hopefully a quick romp will sort him out.

[Sharon]

Don't take any chances letting your dogs run in deep heavy crusty snow. I did and now I'm looking at a $3500.+ TPLO surgery.

[400bigbear]

Don't take any chances letting your dogs run in deep heavy crusty snow. I did and now I'm looking at a $3500.+ TPLO surgery.

Sharon , momma OOD . Not to be argumentative but dogs in shape and used to running in snow can take it . I expect a working/hunting dog to take snow , boggy mud etc to do his job or he's not worth his feed beyond a lap dog . Heck if I can do it he better be able to . Sorry to hear yours has been injured and to the tune of $3500 bucks . I love my dogs but wow . They are resilient as all animals are but I woudn't even spend that kind of coin on myself if I had too . Send her to me and just pay to feed her and I will do the therapy to get her back up on her feet as good as new .

TD

[400bigbear]

They look great barenn and thanks for sharing . My last great one came from Scotland too . I even titled her in Brantford so many years ago .

TD

[krakadawn]

Just to support Sharon, the last two ACL's were done on flat grassy ground. Dog was in great condition with great quads and always a super healthy animal over many years.
The point here is that ACL's are happening at alarming rates. There has been work done to try to nail down the genetic marker for this but at this point no test is available.

So I absolutely believe in being careful with where and how dogs run. The biggest cause in retrievers is happy bumpers and fresbies with no warm up. Once you know a little about the nature of this injury and the possible surgeries available then you'll understand this problem much better.

Vets are getting rich with this........Be Careful.

[C.A. in TO]

Sharon , momma OOD . Not to be argumentative but dogs in shape and used to running in snow can take it . I expect a working/hunting dog to take snow , boggy mud etc to do his job or he's not worth his feed beyond a lap dog . Heck if I can do it he better be able to . Sorry to hear yours has been injured and to the tune of $3500 bucks . I love my dogs but wow . They are resilient as all animals are but I woudn't even spend that kind of coin on myself if I had too . Send her to me and just pay to feed her and I will do the therapy to get her back up on her feet as good as new .

TD

Not to be argumentative either, but no amount of therapy will make a torn ligament reattach itself. And yes, fit dogs tear ACLs. Just like human athletes do. In fact, athletes are more likely to damage ACLs than couch potatoes.

[jaycee]

Sharon , momma OOD . Not to be argumentative but dogs in shape and used to running in snow can take it . I expect a working/hunting dog to take snow , boggy mud etc to do his job or he's not worth his feed beyond a lap dog . Heck if I can do it he better be able to . Sorry to hear yours has been injured and to the tune of $3500 bucks . I love my dogs but wow . They are resilient as all animals are but I woudn't even spend that kind of coin on myself if I had too . Send her to me and just pay to feed her and I will do the therapy to get her back up on her feet as good as new .

TD

Go to "Sharons " TPLO post , and read my post # 17 with the link .

Here it is;http://www.dogheirs.com/dogheirs/pos...-and-diagnosis

[Sharon]

Sharon , momma OOD . Not to be argumentative but dogs in shape and used to running in snow can take it . I expect a working/hunting dog to take snow , boggy mud etc to do his job or he's not worth his feed beyond a lap dog . Heck if I can do it he better be able to . Sorry to hear yours has been injured and to the tune of $3500 bucks . I love my dogs but wow . They are resilient as all animals are but I woudn't even spend that kind of coin on myself if I had too . Send her to me and just pay to feed her and I will do the therapy to get her back up on her feet as good as new .

TD

I know you mean well BB . If you see the pic I posted of the dog, in the tplo thread, she is 8 years old , and in great shape. Trauma is not always the cause of a torn ACL; there is a disease component - complicated.

"There is mounting evidence that there are other factors that result in damage to the cruciate ligaments.Many canine patients present without any apparent trauma." Dr Bouck( dog's surgeon).

This is not to say that a big running setter, in deep, crusty snow can't equal ligament trauma.

Jaycee: That was a very interesting link. Thanks.