The brace has been helping and doing joint vitamins and home made bone broth about everyday, has really helped so far. The before exercises w massage have been doing a version like that the last couple month's 🤓👊🏼

thanks. The surgical options are amazing though. Excellent prognosis. Some dogs are doing well with knee braces however. Not as well as if they had surgery but it helps.

Yes, surgery is definitely the best way to go. I don’t think braces are very practical.

How did dogs survive and heal through a cruciate tear before surgery then?? My parents dogs both had complete cruciate tears and had custom braces. After 4-6 months they were completely healed. There is stiffness and arthritis (even after surgery they still develop arthritis) but supplements helped and they lived happy until 13 and 15 years old. They didn’t have to go through invasive BONE surgery. There are other options and with time and caution dogs will heal from this type of injury. I’m a human orthopedic surgeon and any kind of bone surgery will be the most invasive. So if my patients can heal with time and have gain of function that isn’t meaningfully affecting quality of life, I recommend no surgery. But, my job is to give all the recommendation and let the patient decide.

Sardines , green tea and rest. Been down this road twice.

@@boscohemibosco9015 haha...you or your dog? My Rott healed with restraint, NSAIDS, and therapy that was slow and steady. It was hard on her and me, but I've had a lab go through the surgery and the down time, and strict restraint is almost the same.

@@wagwag630 Well look at you go with your smart ass comment. Your parents must be so proud.

really got a sense of humor, don' ya? It was a joke, not meaning to offend. Seriously, I wanted to know if the sardines, and green tea helped your dog heal in your opinion. Forget it, I'll research the green tea myself, my vet already told me to give him supplements, one being fish oil. Geez, and my mom is proud by the way.