Basenjis are unbelievably tough, my boy Sober injured a rear leg two years ago. We took him to the vet thinking soft tissue injury but the vet felt the knee had been injured. We went to an ortho vet top guy in the area who recommend surgery and reconstruction of the leg. He said he would never move correctly again and the surgery could cause other issues in his gait that could still put pressure on the other leg. We actually considered amputation. I have seen dogs recover and adapt so quickly when loosing a leg that it seemed at 8 years old (at the time) rather than months of rehab and pain it would be a better option for him.
We brought him home and started making arrangements to consult another ortho surgeon outside our area for a second opinion. We noticed he seemed better, so we waited and watched letting him decide when he was okay or not to run or play.
He is perfectly fine now. Within a couple months of quiet time he regained full use, he has not since limped or had any pain issues, he runs and plays with the young dogs with no problems, he is 10 now and doing great.
Moose may surprise you and be just fine, it will just take time.
Hug the boy for us and we are so glad he is okay. It says alot that he found his way home, you must be a really great basenji mom, but then we suspected that.
Therese and Kevin
Tillo's hips and elbows..
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..are in perfect shape
We had him x-rayed two weeks ago. He did wonderful without any anaesthetics and the Doc told us it all looked very nice. We got home from a small vacation today and found the results in our mailbox..
Hips: HD A (= Excellent)
Elbows: ED FreeOf course we are very happy with these results!
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yay for happy hips
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Can Tillo get more perfect??
I just love him to bits! Driving back from a dog show yesterday I started talking about him to my husband. Janneke, you are lucky I do not live near you! -
Can Tillo get more perfect??
I just love him to bits! Driving back from a dog show yesterday I started talking about him to my husband. Janneke, you are lucky I do not live near you! Why? Would you try to steal him…?!
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Congratulations on Tillo's scores.
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Why? Would you try to steal him…?!
OH NO! I could never 'steal'. But permanently 'borrow'? That's another story. I just think he is stunning and I love all of the adventures he has that you share with us.
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fantastic Janneke!!
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Congrats Janneke!!!
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Thank you, thank you
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Wow, huge congrats..although I already "knew" he was perfect..
