Hi,
Just an update, my little Patt had the wedge sulcoplasty and tibial crest transposition repaired with pin and tension band 3 months ago. I had wonderful advice offered on here which I followed ( keeping her quiet, caged etc ) She had her 3 month check up a couple of days ago and she has been given the all clear. They are well pleased with her. She can now run free in the field, although they don't want her running with the other dogs for about another 3 months unless we can control their activity, which of course we can't, when the two little Patts get together they are off in a swirl of dust round and round the field. So she can lead walk with them or run free by herself.
At the moment she is quite happy romping in the snow by herself ( actually with my elderly cocker span. but no chance of her running like a looney, she is past that )
I am well pleased that this is almost over as it has been a nightmare trying to keep a lively manic little terrier quiet, but it was worth it in the end.
She still uses 3 legs sometimes. She uses 4 legs for walking or running, but 3 for the in-between trot speed, but the vet said that this is habit and not pain, and everything is as it should be. Once she realises the pain has gone she should start to use the leg all the time, in fact in the snow it is 4 legs all the time, I wonder if the snow doesn't jar her as much as hard ground ( just a thought)

Good to hear you are now over the worst and she is well on the mend - and if you can do it then it should help others who are wondering. It seems a long while but when it means that the dog is pain free from that problem for the rest of its life it must be worth it. There are times with small dogs when their is no need for repair but in most cases it is worth the effort, well done and good luck.

Thrilled to bits for you.  As my girl was a manic case, as I told you, it wasn't easy, and I had to grit my teeth and not give in.

Onward and upwards now.  :-)  :-) 

I am so glad you persevered.  I can imagine that now she will be a normal terrier (juvenile delinquent.)  :-)

I had similar with a puppy who broke a leg at 13 weeks. She learnt to walk on 3 legs but I wasn't aware of it until we relised that she had no muscle on the leg. She was literally dotting the leg down for support but not really weight bearing. We tried swimming but all she did was use her front legs to full rather than her back legs to push. Then we went to physio and eventually they came upon a wobble borad which was put under her good leg and made her weight bear on her 'bad' leg. When she got her confidence back she will weight support again I am sure.