One of my dogs has been limping around for a couple of days. I took her to the vet earlier and got news I am not too happy with. He said her cruciate ligament in her back left leg is torn. I have had about 10 dogs in my life and I have never had anything remotely like this happen. He said I will need to take her to a specialist to have surgery. I don’t have a few grand laying around. And I really don’t want to put that much on one of my cards. But at the same time I love my dog and want her to be ok. Has anyone had this happen to their dog before? My vet did say that it’s possible she could recover and not need surgery but she wouldn’t be able to run around on it like before. Like a human that tears theirs and never gets it fixed. Knowing my luck that won’t happen. He gave me a few different places to take her if I choose to do it. He also gave me a bunch of pain medicine for her. Any ideas or help would be much appreciated.