Poor guy!

prolly will for a few days at least. had great care. my vet is the pickiest surgeon ever.

He blew out both of his "knees" and we had to take him to a large animal vet to have the surgery done. The regular dog vets said that their versions of the surgery probably won't hold on a dog his size. The surgery went well, but he had to be kept calm for about a month without any real walks. All we could do was take him out the back door to go potty. He was really good about the whole ordeal and didn't need to wear the cone. He passed over the rainbow bridge about 5 years ago and my kitties still miss him. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. For most of Eightball's adult life he weighed in at 88 pounds.

Our biggest Great Pyrenees, Bear, (on the left in my avatar) had to have both knees/stifles done a couple years apart. He generally weighed in the 140-150 range.

We lost him a few years ago to cancer, and still miss him every day. I feel for you.

He was such a great dog. My condolences about Bear too. Great Pyrenees are beautiful dogs.

only 110, and, thank ja, only half the full coat. a fantastic guardian. every thief in my hood has my house on a ‘do not hit’ list.
i love big dogs and the worst part of getting old i knowing i shd switch to little dogs. which i also love, but…

xrayed his hips at 2 yo, and he had only shallow pockets, no real sockets. he was 120lbs.
ortho vet said common replacement hips wouldnt do. he was too young, too big and too active. hauled him up to uw madison for the bleeding edge. i always said about him that he was 200lbs of drive in a 100lb bag. yeah, recovery was tough. and of course, they do them 1 at a time, so, all that x2. had 1 surgery called off, too.
they held up well. he’s 12 1/2, and tho his knees hurt, he’s still in great shape.

would have been fun to hang out in madtown for 5 days ea time, except for the part where the 2nd trip it was -20. trapped in a hotel w no msnbc, just cnn, the wk michael wolfe’s 1st tsf book came out. and i’m a smoker, so had to go freeze in my car.
ah memories. the things we do for our pets.

thanks again, sister.