Hi......I rarely get a chance to sit and read post......BUT I AM DESPERATE.........My boxer.....Angus is 4 years old and has been diagnosed with a torn ACL in his knee........it started out with a tear and then , I guess, it is now completely torn.....We started him on glucosamine right when we found out it was a tear and now after two weeks, he seems about the same, maybe alittle better. Anyway, my vet says he should have surgery, but it is up to me......If he has surgery, or if he doesn't, it takes about three months of Angus doing NOTHING....I notice someone asked "HOw do you keep a Boxer from being rambunctuous??" It is very hard. My vet said that if we kept Angus still and from taking walks and all the things he loves it would get better.......So far, it hasn't.
I don't know what I am getting at here , I am very upset about the whole thing.
My vet said that the tear will heal with or without surgery and I am not sure what to do?? I told him I would think about it another week......I have heard many good things about Glucosamine and was hoping it would make a difference in his prognosis........without surgery he will have arthritis and with surgery he will have arhritis.......I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.....Give it more time or just have the surgery.......If he has surgery he cannot talk walks or do anything and we have to keep him quiet.....for three months.....with surgery....he cannot take walks and we have to keep him quiet for three months........Am I rambling?????? LOL....sorry.........somebody help me.....THANKS FOR LETTING ME RAMBLE ON.......
TAmmy