So here is the story of why I was asking about luxating patella. Yesterday Diego jumped off of something "wrong" and hurt his back leg. He always bunny hopped a bit on that leg anyways but now won't hardly bear weight on it. I could feel his patella moving out of place this evening :( took him to the vet and sure enough its a grade 3 now. Vet said wait two weeks, keep him on pain meds and anti-inflam meds. Maybe its soft tissue swelling thats pushing it out worse. So wait and see. I am sick over the thought of this surgery. The 1200 price tag and the recovery time. I also have read some that the surgery doesn't have a great success rate. So I don't know what to think right now. I feel really sorry for the poor little guy. We will do whatever is needed, just don't know what that may be right now!
Any thoughts or input would be great! Rebecca