What should I be looking to expect? Any information on the operation - length of time, what drugs are prescribed, how much it cost, what dog, how many legs, how long it took after to heal, did they have a cast & so on - would be greatly appreciated! My bitch's going in for the operation Tuesday morning.

I'd be really interested to hear this too and I am getting my bitch's leg done too. Good luck for Tuesday.

It is 14 years since I had a poodle needing this operation.  There has recently been a post on CD from someone who had a dog go through a rough time with the op.  The modern idea seems not to splint.  My girl was in RJ splints and had her legs done 6 weeks apart.  Would recommend splinting from my own experience.  I paid £400 all that time ago.  My girl needed a lot of rest, and I limited exercise for well over 3 months.  The modern idea seems to get them up and running far more quickly.  However, listening to others experiences, I would rest for as long again.  I really would have liked a litter from my girl, but had her spayed because of the problem.  It is not a nice operation.  I would never have a dog done again if I they left the legs undressed.

She's back home this morning. She's eating & walking. Well, she's hobbling but coping very well. There's no cast or staples. It's about three or four inches long (the incision). She requires a three day check - which will be a four day due to it benefitting everyone involved (I am free, my vet is in on that day as he has Mondays off & my mum is off to take us). She has anti-imflammatory pills to take & is currently fast asleep as she has been fighting off the urge for the past three hours. Obviously not allowed to jump or use steps.

I will update on this as this progresses. So far, I am very pleased.

really glad to hear that she is doing ok.  Keep us updated please, I'm still in 2 minds about whether to get missy done as the limping is extremely intermittent now.

hows she doing now?
my chi is having this done on Wednesday

She's doing more than okay. She is back to her normal self & then some!

She's walking on it much more than she was when she came home. Doesn't seem at all bothered by it. She lies between me & the back of the sofa so I know the wound touches my leg - doesn't bother her in the slightest.

Only issue is that as a dog that is more than welcome to join me & OH on the sofa, she is not taking kindly to being told to wait for permission so that she can be lifted up. Keeping an eye on this appears to be a full time job at the moment. We had started implimenting it before the operation but I guess you don't realise just how much it is an issue when it is a huge one! I never realised she jumped down/up so much!

We're off to the vets for a post-op. check but I doubt there will be anything to be said there. Dare I say I can see the operation working it's magic already as her legs look like they are meant to look & she isn't stooped anymore! Even my OH noticed & commented on how much older she is looking!

hi i have just gone through this operation end of oct on both legs at once. i would highly reccomend a man called malcom ness ( apparantly he is the best at this in the country, if you want more info on him i will pass it on to you). after first having the operation i thought was he ever going to get better. however after about a month of having the operation del thought he was much better and was wanting to run wild. just been for my last x rays and they said everything was fine and i was now allowed to let him off the lead. so overall it takes approx 3 to 4 months to fully recover. we were also perscribed metacam.overall the operation cost £1800 and had to go back for 2 sets of x rays which also cost £250 each. Malcom ness is expensive but if you are insured would definitly go see him.

No advice on this particular operation I'm afraid but I also would highly recommend Malcolm Ness. He performed TPLO on one of our bitches and I can't speak highly enough of him.