[JADA2005]

You are correct Rottie40 exactly. Those were my two options.

I made my choice and put my trust in my own vet to do the surgery.
While the specialist may know more, it would have been a much more drawn out repair. With back and fourth visits (2hrs each way) and a longer heal period. From the info I could find online, it also sounded like it involved alot more pain as well, even weeks after the surgery was completed.

I had the surgery done almost a week ago. She came home after 2 days, with far more energy (even with a full leg cast) then she's had in a month or two! The cast & stitches come out in a day. Then we begin some aquatic therapy to help build her strength back up in that leg.

As it goes right now, she's recovering very well. And continues to move better in the cast then she did on that leg, before the surgery. It shouldn't be any problem getting her back to full strength by summer.