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We've had three ACL surgeries.
With a small dog like yours, consider an extra-capsulary repair (pins and wires without cutting into the joint or bone) rather than TPLO -- especially if there is no torn minuscus. That repair would be more like $1000-1200, and would have similar results with the correct rehab.
We also ordered a supportive brace harness (A-TraC) that helped her recovery. They're spendy, at $400 for one side, or $550ish for both sides. What you may find is that she will favor the other leg for a while and may damage that knee soon after.
Check your local veterinary college to see if they do the new stem cell therapies as well.... lots of great research in ACL repair there, but not at the vet level yet.
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