Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Ziggi our 14 month old boxer is having problems with is right rear leg. Our vet couldn't be sure what was wrong and sent us to a surgery specialist just to make sure. We were told that it looks like Ziggi has severe arthritis at this point but it didn't look like the CCL was torn or that he needed surgery at this time but would in the future. We are thankful for that because he is so young and this is usually something older dogs get (also very active dogs). Good news is that he has excellent hips (we had one boxer with bad hips and it was hard for her to get around), bad news is that we will have to keep him on Rimydal and keep him confined for the most part (not working so well....he HATES the leash). Here is the link to the surgery.
This is pretty graphic and shows pictures of the actual surgery.
http://www.thespaw.ca/CCCL_Slide_Show.pdf
Ziggi our 14 month old boxer is having problems with is right rear leg. Our vet couldn't be sure what was wrong and sent us to a surgery specialist just to make sure. We were told that it looks like Ziggi has severe arthritis at this point but it didn't look like the CCL was torn or that he needed surgery at this time but would in the future. We are thankful for that because he is so young and this is usually something older dogs get (also very active dogs). Good news is that he has excellent hips (we had one boxer with bad hips and it was hard for her to get around), bad news is that we will have to keep him on Rimydal and keep him confined for the most part (not working so well....he HATES the leash). Here is the link to the surgery.
This is pretty graphic and shows pictures of the actual surgery.
http://www.thespaw.ca/CCCL_Slide_Show.pdf