The ACL (aka CCL) is a ligament that is commonly damaged. In fact, the surgeon who performed the two surgeries on my dog says that more than half of his patients have this injury. In fact, some dogs are more prone to ACL injury than others. However, ANY dog at any age of any bre...
ACL surgery has changed dramatically over the past few years. I now expect a return of at least 95 % of normal function in at least 95 % of my patients of any size after ACL surgery, of any type. So it’s hard for me to believe that affected dogs, especially large ones, have (an...