04/13/2026
There are other options besides surgery to repair a CCL tear!
Max, 12 year old Havanese with a full CCL tear right knee.
Diagnosed in January. The owner opted out of surgery.
Current Progress:
No major limping noted, still some weakness. He is taking short walks with his brace on.
He's a pretty calm dog so we will now try him with no brace while in the house or when accompanied out in the yard.
Still no stairs or jumping on furniture of course.
His healing plan included:
A home cooked diet (and Smack dehydrated raw with added water) and a custom herbal protocol, both internal herbal support and external applications.
Complete rest with limited mobility in the yard.
A brace to support his leg.
Laser therapy twice a week.
All the above combined has been working out great for Max and he's healing faster then expected. The goal is to keep him that way and very slowly increase the time of his controlled walks.
I'll provide a second update in a month or 2
Videos of Max walking will be posted in comments later today or tomorrow.
