Just to catch everyone up on my limping dog. He seemed to be getting worse so back to the vet and a consultation with another who diagnosed Jackson with a torn ligament. he went into surgery immediately and is now home sleeping if off at my feet. Hopefully this will turn out well and I will have many more years with him. Recovery will be interesting considering Jackson likes to come in and visit but is not happy living in the house. We did discuss restricting his activity (not hard to do when you are on 3 legs) to see if it would heal on its own but decided against it due to his size(BIG dog). The vet said he had success on smaller dogs with cage rest but felt it would not work this time Sally www.embroiderybysally.org ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================