crap...

we did a little training in my yard on Friday evening...Burn came up lame in his right rear...he's never ever been lame in the rear...I immediately feared it was his knee...he was really lame Friday night...Saturday morning he was still lame but nothing like Friday night...Sunday his lameness was there but not as bad as Friday...and this morning same thing, there but not severe...

I spent all Saturday afternoon searching Youtube for videos of dogs with ACL injuries and Burn was exhibiting the same kind of lameness as the dogs I saw on videos...I also watched an entire TPLO procedure...oh dear God, please, not that...

my chiropractic/holistic vet just left my house and she believes he does have a partial ACL tear...she does not believe it's ruptured as he is not on three legs...she also does not recommend the TPLO surgery and wants to treat him with chiro, acupuncture, laser, supplements, and REST...she believes it can heal but it could take 3 to 4 months...

Now to change our whole entire lifestyle and routine...from where everyone gets fed to sleeping arrangements, going out to go potty, going outside to hang out in the back yard, walking every single morning, going to Marc's on the weekends we don't show, going to trials...etc etc...

I'm at the computer right now and normally Burn would be at my feet...instead he's in the dog room on the other side of the house behind a baby gate...banished...how do you explain to an 8 year old border collie who has never been bad a day in his life and who has played and trained and interacted every day of his life with me that now he gets to do nothing...nothing but eat, sleep, and walk on a leash...this is not going to be easy...crap

Just made an appointment for him to see an orthopedic surgeon/specialist next Wednesday morning...hoping it's not his ACL and something else that isn't so serious...