hi, I am new to this forum and I hope someone can offer some advise

my staffy x labrador has been diagnosed with elbow dysplasia (fractured coronoid process); he is 10 months old and not yet in the advance state of the condition; ie: no arthritis showing on xrays, but a limp when cold.

I was quoted £2,000-£3,000 for an arthroscopic procedure to investigate/correct on both legs.

Is this a fair price? Seems a lot to me, I have already paid around £900 for xrays. Insurance refuses to cover for any of it.
Anybody with similar experience?

thank you all!!!!

it depends on weight for the price of the g.a. if thats for one consultation that sounds like a lot of money to me.
was the dog diagnosed before the insurance was taken out? i dont see why they wont pay up if he was diagnosed after the policy was taken out

Arthroscopy is generally around £1000 for each side done I have found. I'm sure the price varies around the country to a certain extent and will of course, increase according to the treatment done once they have assessed the area using arthroscopy.........................good to hear there is no arthritis at present :-)

the insurance reckons it was pre-existant because once I asked a vet who no longer works at the practice to check his legs; he had limped quite heavily during play with other dogs; it only lasted a few seconds, but since I was at the vet I thought to ask to check his legs were not injured... oh boy was that a mistake!
Animal Friends Insurance saw that on the notes and jumped to the chance of not paying for a very expensive condition!