We took our wonderful puppy, Kona to a different Vet this past weekend. He's been having some issues with his rear knee. Our local vet has not been as helpful and informative as we would like him to be, so we took Kona in to my parent's vet for a second opinion. We are SO glad we did. Dr. Mike sat down with us (on the floor) for 30 minutes to explain in detail what is going on with Kona's knee. We will spare the details, but it turns out that he will be needing surgery at some point, probably on both knees. As it turns out the problem is probably more genetic then injury related, and Dr. Mike suspects that Kona could be a full Rotweiller, instead of part Rott, and part Austrailian Shephard as we were originally told. So it makes sense that he would have genetic issues. The probability of surgery does not surprise us, and we are actually quite relieved to have been given all the proper information. Please pray for our bubba and for us as we will have to wait a while before we can afford the surgery. We could not have asked for a better dog, and we are blessed daily by his presence in our lives!