Current Events > My dog has to live as a gimp for the rest of his life, he can't be put under

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He has an enlarged heart and a pretty bad heart murmur (I believe it's Grade 5, only goes up to 6) that he's on medication to "control" (ie. slow it getting worse down).

The ACL on his back left leg is torn and he was supposed to get surgery for that, but because he's still pretty mobile and the only problem seems to be that it's a bit unstable the doctor said he wouldn't do the surgery because he couldn't reasonably guarantee doggo would survive it. Basically said that if they put him under and he starts "having issues" (dying) while being operated on they can't just stop the surgery and wake him up.

So yeah, guess I gotta figure out a way to get him to stop trying to stand on his bad leg to pee lol
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Doggy knee brace

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He's pretty small so finding one that fits might be difficult. I was going to ask the next time he sees the vet though.
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