Since mid-May we noticed Guinness had been limping intermittently on walks and at the dogpark. We took him to the vet and they did xrays and an exam which revealed left sided hip dysplacia and bilateral patella luxation (Left-Grade II, Right-Grade I). They're recommendation was to do the FHO procedure to correct his hip dysplacia.
We spoke to our breeder: My husband called him when we initially got the xrays and first diagnosis, our breeder told us he would pay us what we paid for Guinness towards the surgery ($800) but we really should consider putting him down and he would give us another puppy. No way, Guinness is my baby!
We wanted a second opinion regarding what kind of surgery to do, so we went to VOSM (orthopedic specialist) and had a consulation with Dr. Lotsikas. After his examination (bilateral hip dysplacia, and bilateral patella luxation, same grading) and review of xrays his recommendation was to perform MPL surgery on Guinness' left knee.
So Doug and I were left with 2 different plans of care for Guinness. After hours of online research and questions to Dr. Lotsikas we decided to go with the MPL surgery. $2400-$2600.
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