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On one hand, I agree with the "no to agility", but that opinion is tempered by knowing a corgi that has competed for team Canada at multiple agility world events and is doing just fine.

I agree with Laurie that this is a surgical case - no other treatment will give you the same results.

Re: lasers - I just take the simple route and direct people to contact spectravet. They have a cheaper rig with limited options but are less expensive that are appropriate for owners.

I did some asking around of the various surgical gurus to see what their current thoughts are, just to make sure I am out of step (the fact that we don't find that surgical implant placement is required does create a bias in my perception that merits periodic reflection on). Its worth noting that on...

Hello, Sorry I missed your response to my comments (and thus didn't reply until now), and sorry about your experience with being dismissed by the surgeon. My opinion on the outcomes for placement of a medial shoulder suture are based on hearsay, as I'm not aware of any peer reviewed paper demonstrat...

Given the history, I agree that MSS has to be high on the diagnostic rule out list. This would be an example where we call it MSS, not MSI, because no instability has been detected. I’ve lost track of how many MSS/MSI cases I’ve treated over the years, but none (zero) of them required surgical imbri...

Crepitus doesn't automatically mean pain; it likely indicates degenerative changes, but I see a fair few dogs with enlarged sesamoids that never manifest with clinical foot pain. Same same for dogs with enlarged MCP1 or MTP1 joints - its something to watch, but they may never amount to significant p...

Can you be more specific than "biceps disease"? Are their architectural changes to the tendon, or just tenosynovitis? If it is tenosynovitis with no changes to either the BT or SST, that does suggest MSS. Have the elbows been cleared? Low grade elbow OA might result in no active elbow pain, but lots...

I thought I would chime in, as this is a topic about which I am curious…. How do we interpret these popping shoulders? I have broached this conversation with multiple colleagues, and have yet to find anyone who feels they have an answer. My thoughts/observations (whatever those are worth) include th...

My thoughts: 1) Very feasible 2) Less likely to be useful. In broad strokes, this is either a medical or surgical condition. Given the minor symptoms displayed, surgery would be overkill. Therefore I would treat it medically, and only consider future MRI if the medical treatment fails to yield an im...

So the MRI suggests we are dealing with non-specific back pain, and not a primary stifle/gastroc issue.... which is good news in that there is no evidence of permanent damage. Is there a clinical response to the dry needling? Is there a local twitch response, or just the vocalizations? FWIW, for cas...