Thank you so much Pam for taking time to respond.   Don't  know if your few days away involved some well deserved vaction time or something  else.  Hoping it was well deserved vacation  time.

Have to admit, I was hoping you had some other magic solution up your  sleeve😫😩

If it's  okay with RENE  and PAM,, I'd like to stay on this thread for a few more posts before I switch over to the one Linda set up for Frankie, my dear beloved Frankie, under "Hopping Around".

For one thing, I want to take a moment  in the next day or so to reply here  to those who have posted suggestions  and loving support, as well as give an update on how Frankie is doing now.

Have Frankie on Gaba and Tram and Rimadyl.  Have not gotten the right balance for him yet...still tweaking.   He is hurting and can't  seem to get situated in a way that doesn't  hurt. I kmow I'll  get this figured out though. 

HA!  You think a tripawd has to use momentum for their hop, you should see the speed required  for a dog trying to walk on two legs on the same side!  I'm  hanging onto the harness and only get one step in before he has to haul ass to stay balanced. I'd  forgotten (on purpose I suppose) what an impossible ordeal  it was trying  to harness walk him before!   As pitiful as the scenario is though,   it  makes me laugh at the ridiculous  visual of what we must look like😂🤣  

PAM, just for future reference  if anyone has to deal with initial  cruciate repair,   would you recommend removal, or partial removal, of meniscus at that time?  Did you remove  Athena's?

PAM, if I did a steriod injection , knowing  it's  only for short term comfort and knowing arthritis is a side effect (which he already has), would it help him walk better?  Would he be able to use that leg, at least for awhile, or no impact?  His pveruse of his other two,legs is very apparent this time around.

I know Rene is checking  into a brace as a possibility and Teresa  and Angel  Eurydice are checking with their Vet.

One thing I will do is see if my regular  Vet can get a phone consult with an Orthopedic  Surgeon she may have a connection  with as a professional courtesy.  

Thanks again!  As I say so often, the best of humanity  resides here❤❤❤   Feankie and I are so lucky to to be included in your loving light.  

Be back to update and to respond  to your posts shortly!

H.O.P.E for some improvement somehow, someway😎

Sincere  apologies for not updating!  

I DID want to wait so I could highlight each of your WONDERFULLY INFORMATIVE,  HELPFUL AND LOVING RESPONSES!!!!!

I also wanted to wait until I had a more definitive  plan.  There is so much research  to be done and I've  received  so much helpful suggestions, links, etc.  As I process everything, I am finding  "possibilities ", but with lots of "yeah, but", or caveats.....if that makes sense.

For now, I have him on some pain meds, Rimadyl and MAKING him keep his wild a** as settled as possibe!  Of course, one sound putside and BAM, he's up trying  to get to whatever "it" may be begging for him to come out and chase "it"!!!!  

I'll update should a better clear path forward than what I'm doing  now become available.    He's  a strong willed determined  Super  Cool Chill Dawg Hound roigh as nails!  We're  gonna enjoy this wild ride together, hopefully  for a real long rine!

I KNOW you'll say it's  okay not to respond  to each of you....but it  makes me feel AWFUL to not be able to convey to you how much each of your THOUGHTFUL  comments impact me in such an empowering  way!❤❤❤

But an update is important to let you all k ow qe are hanging  tough😎

With love

Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!

As ALWAYS, thank you each for the tips and support!

I am checking  I to brace support. The name fails me for the moment,  but I saw where someone  posted they were trying a prosthetic from a place in Sterling,  Virginia.   Rene, the blog you posted the other day about braces, etc qas invaluable.   

And Roxy, I will indeed  check j ti rhe adequan...didn't  even think about that.  I did have him on it for his arthritis  before his cruciat surgery in December. 

I do hace a potential  Rehab visit coming up.   Just for evaluation  more than anything  else.  POSSIBLY  hoping she could help me find a way to strengthen  his front leg.  At this point, I'm  not seeing any improvement  on his rear leg (the cruciate/meniscus rear leg) with rest and meds.

His front leg collapses a lot now.  Even IF, in a perfect world, a meniscus  surgery could happen and rehab was flawless with large burley  men (--Linda😁)  regrettably....beyond regrettably.....I just don't  see how his remaining two legs can have  the strength to carry on too much longer.....especially  during a recovery  like that.  He's  not a baby at all, but he is definitely  showing  he's in pain.

So still checking  out things.  Paws crossed😎