I'm a little late to this thread, but I'm glad to hear that things are doing better. There's nothing worse than having to put a dog down, especially if they are still young. When I was younger, we always had a dog, but two of them developed cancer, and the options were either expensive surgery with no guarantee of it working, or letting the cancer run it's course, and putting the dog to sleep at the appropriate time. Unfortunatly, my parents didn't have the money for the surgeries, so we just had to wait it out. I'm sure everyone who has had a dog has a similar story, as it is never easy to lose a member of the family.
My sister has two dogs, and each of them has had major surgeries (one an ACL surgery, and the other a hip replacement). Similar to the surgeries that were recommended for your dog, these were quite expensive, but probably much less complicated, with a higher success rate. My parents and I had one of the dogs at our house while it recovered, and in order to keep her off of the furniture, we kept boxes on there, or pushed the coffee table up against the couch so the dog couldn't hop up there. It was kind of a pain at first, but we got used to it. We also put up a baby gate to block off the hallways to the bedrooms, and one to block off the stairs to the basement.
Hopefully the medication, along with some rest, will do the trick. It's not going to happen overnight, but with Kimba's condition improving everyday, it looks like things are on the right track.
She keeps trying to get up on the couch and stuff but I either yell at her or get to her before she can so she's obviously feeling a bit better. Not a whole lot to report, but if she keeps responding to the medication like this things look good
My sister has two dogs, and each of them has had major surgeries (one an ACL surgery, and the other a hip replacement). Similar to the surgeries that were recommended for your dog, these were quite expensive, but probably much less complicated, with a higher success rate. My parents and I had one of the dogs at our house while it recovered, and in order to keep her off of the furniture, we kept boxes on there, or pushed the coffee table up against the couch so the dog couldn't hop up there. It was kind of a pain at first, but we got used to it. We also put up a baby gate to block off the hallways to the bedrooms, and one to block off the stairs to the basement.
Hopefully the medication, along with some rest, will do the trick. It's not going to happen overnight, but with Kimba's condition improving everyday, it looks like things are on the right track.
