Not what we wanted to hear :(

Hi everyone it's been a while since we've been on but we have been so busy!!
Marley has just turned one and four weeks ago started with a sporadic limp so we waited and checked he hadn't pulled a muscle whilst out walking, or Marley being the usual staffie wasn't giving himself a dead leg with the funny positions he sits in but today a trip to the vets was in order and he diagnosed luxating patellas in both his back legs his right side worse than the left.
We are on a weeks strict rest and some anti inflammatories if that doesn't work we have to make an appointment with the owner of the vets who's an orthopaedic specialist to discuss surgery options
So gutted for him especially as his so young, has anyone else ever had to deal with this?? X


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Never experienced this but am very sorry to hear Marley has this. Big hugs to you both from me and Vinnie x hope everything sorts itself out xx

Thanks according to our vets quite common in large dogs but all so the bull terrier breeds because of there stocky back legs x

Aww no poor Marley hope the rest and anti-inflamitories do the trick.

poor Marley  ,sorry have never had to deal with any thing like this with sasha,i hope the advise you had from the vets works for him.

Have a look through some of the links below where others have experienced this before:

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/search?search_keywords=luxating+patella

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Thank you wasn't sure where to post :/

There have been a couple of members' dogs on here who have had the operation. As far as I remember they went really well, with no problems at all.

It's really quite a straightforward operation nowadays, I think!

Hope all goes well , no experience but the forum is routing for you

So sorry to hear this Helen, poor Marley.

As Kathy and Caryll mentioned, there have been 2 or 3 members whose dogs have been affected and had the op. Do read their posts on the link Kathy provided.

And do please let us know how Marley gets on with his treatment; we are all here whenever you want to talk. Get well soon Marley  

Oh that's good it's still so scary when they tell you things you really wasn't expecting! X

Has he had an x ray? Rest is a great healer.

They want to xray next week, unfortunatly they did make him major lame from pulling his leg around so much, but im having a thought and want to see what people think....his now on day 5 of his anti inflamitories and i have to say today i have seen an improvment ive been doing a lot of research online and as he is only grade 1 in luxating patella terms he doesnt have to have surgery but the vets seems to be aiming for that, but i want to try a route of more natural supplememts with some physio, he is having a growth spurt at the moment and i personally think this has brought on his knee problem what does everyone think of the natural verses the medical?? x

I think you need to have the x-rays, they will certainly help to guide in to what action you need to take Xx

Awww poor Marley! I hope he is okay and everything gets better fast xx