Hi Cindy,
Yuck...not the kind of X-Mas present you want to wake up to...
The best resource I know of...and one that several surgeons refer people
to...is Laurie Bryce's website, http://www.lauriebryce.com/tplo/
It was done and maintained by a Berner owner, right in MA as a matter of fact
and
Hi Cindy
Our boy Bacchus was diagnosed with a partially torn ACL when he was 4. It
came on very suddenly also, one day he was just laying there and moved and
yelped. When he stood up he was holding his right rear leg up. After
diagnosis from the vet, we kept him on leash walks and crate rest
Cindy-
My Berner girl, Toga, suffered a partial tear of her left ACL in
February of 2001 at the age of 3 1/2. It was a very minor tear and
wasn't diagnosed until May (everyone thought her mildly dysplastic hip
was bothering her). She had a TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy)
the first week
