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I'm so sorry to hear about Danner's leg amputation. I' glad to hear he still gets around pretty well. I'm a bit nervous to go through with surgery on Carmen due to all the pain she will come across, plus it's not a guarantee she will walk any better. She loved being the baby of the family and...

digging up these pictures almost made me cry! puppy pic today

She's been on numerous medications for the limping including Previcox, Zubrin, and most recently, Rimadyl. It is very hard to tell if any of it makes a difference.

Thanks for all the replies. In my case, Carmen pretty much limps all the time, but she doesn't really make any noise to let us know she's in pain. She is very hesitant jumping up stairs. I carry her up stairs so she is never putting a lot of pressure on her hind legs. Basically Carmen walks from...

To answer your question, it started to develop around 7 yrs. old. The problem is she has it in both hind legs. The doctor said she would have to have one leg done, recover, and then the second. The doctor seemed to think it wasn't a good idea, but I think we are going to get a second opinion.

I would like to here peoples experiences with luxating patella. Carmen has been diagnosed with it in both here hind legs. The joint specialist said surgery is an option but we don't know if we want to put here through the stress of surgery. She is 8 yrs old. So has anybody here gone through...

That picture of the two puppies is so cute! Makes me want to get carmen a buddy. We've got a similar contest where we give a collar away every month. You can see the contest here. (I think this post is within forum guidelines, but I'm not sure since I'm new here . Moderators please let me...

Thank you everybody for the welcome. Jessie, are chi's rare on these boards?

Hi everybody. Been lurking for awhile and thought I'd join and say hi. Seems like a nice tight knit community here which is refreshing. We have an 8 yr old long-hair chihuahua named Carmen. We also have a little biz that was inspired by our life with her. Hope to meet some new friends...