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Anybody successfully treated their dog's patellar luxation without surgery?

I am quite sure Dorie has a luxating patella. She recently injured her back leg when she ran after a squeaky toy and she continues to injure herself when walking down the stairs and running (I'm trying to keep her from doing that). She yelps and refuses to put weight on that leg until I massage it and then it's almost like it never happened. The last few times I've massaged her leg I felt the muscle pop back into place.

I've read that exercising with sit-to-stands and walking uphill to strengthen the muscles in the back legs can help. Her food already has glucosamine in it. Anything else I can do?
 
Anybody successfully treated their dog's patellar luxation without surgery?

I am quite sure Dorie has a luxating patella. She recently injured her back leg when she ran after a squeaky toy and she continues to injure herself when walking down the stairs and running (I'm trying to keep her from doing that). She yelps and refuses to put weight on that leg until I massage it and then it's almost like it never happened. The last few times I've massaged her leg I felt the muscle pop back into place.

I've read that exercising with sit-to-stands and walking uphill to strengthen the muscles in the back legs can help. Her food already has glucosamine in it. Anything else I can do?
I hope you can help her
Ive never had a dog with luxating patella so i dont have any info.

Sit to stands do help them gain muscle. Is she getting enough glucosamine?
 

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