A beach day turned painful for a Bichon Frise who tore his cruciate ligament. After TPLO surgery, he's healing well and ...

Dogs At Risk for Torn CCLs. Certain breeds are more prone to dog CCL injuries, including Labrador retrievers, Newfoundlands, German shepherds, Rottweilers, and golden retrievers.. Obese animals ...

In the simplest terms, here’s what the surgery entails: the surgeon makes a semicircular cut through the top of the tibia, reduces its slope as related to the femur, then screws in a bone plate ...

As with dogs, osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone cancer in humans. And, like dogs, it can occur in any bone but is more likely to form in the long bones of the legs.

Dogs first became "man's best friend" at least 12,000 years ago, suggests new research. ... Researchers unearthed a tibia, or lower-leg bone, of an adult canine in 2018. SWNS.