I know my post will be ignored by some, as lately on the OB it seems that veterinary threads have become a forum to complain about the price increases in the industry, but you'll like this one because I'm not trying to upsell you anything ……

Save your money and use it for evidence-based treatments, either medical or surgical, with appropriate surgery being the most effective tool in our toolkit for CCL injury.

Steve Budsberg at UGA was one of the top 2-3 arthritis clinical trial experts in the world for 3, maybe 4 decades. Still is, but he recently retired. Some of his last papers were some of his best work. He showed definitely with force plate and kinematics that knee braces provide little to no support for dogs.

As these threads go, others will now tell you how brace/supplement X provided great treatment for their dog with an ACL, and to that I would refer you to Conzemius' "caregiver effect" study, which definitely confirmed the placebo effect in veterinary orthopedics. What I mean by that is that there are many treatments that provide no improvement on lameness or pain, but the pet owner perceives a benefit because of cost or belief in said treatment.

Listen to Boogs. He knows stuff.

Screw the haters, I enjoy and appreciate your posts. You have always been consistent in honesty and proactive approaches.