Just received confirmation this morning that one of our dogs needs this. I've had over a dozen dogs over the years, but never been through this, so looking for "been there, done that" stories and/or "tails".
My Beagle had this done when he was about 3 years old.. the vet warned me that while that one's healing he will blow out the other knee due to using it and not the fixed one.... he was right... i ended up with $3200 into 2 knees.. BUT.. that dog never had a issue for the rest of his life. and he was insane and would run/jump like a madman even after that...