My dog who's 3 has for the past year only used 3 legs. The problem is his knee pops out the socket, he wasn't insured but I worked every hour possible to pay for it to be fixed £1500 (I'm a single mum with 4 children) and he had to be crated all the time except for toileting for 6 weeks, he was miserable, he's used to spending all the time with us and even sleeps with me or the kids. The operation didn't work, and the next option is to near enough rebuild the leg (£3500!) the vet said I've to remember he's not in any pain it's just a mechanical fault so no rush for operation ,anyway she also told me he's almost guaranteed to get atheritis in that leg due to the ops. Now I'm not sure wether to put him through the operation or not.. What if it doesn't work again? It will put him through so much pain (when he's not in pain now) and will have to be crated again for a long time, and yet another op on it will make it more likely he will suffer in his old age with the atheritis. Would you leave him to be happy on 3 legs? It's not about the money although I was gutted when the last operation didn't work and I just don't know what is the right thing to do for him, and there's no guarantees the next one will work either. But is it right to just leave him? Xx
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Would you put dog through another operation if he wasn't in pain
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namechangedjustforthis · 16/09/2013 11:23
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