It will be two years this summer that my smaller dog, Belle, had surgery to fix her completely torn CCL, which is comparable to the ACL in humans. She needed a T-shaped plate put into her leg and months of at-home physical therapy. It was a serious and exhausting but bonding experience, and now she can no longer go through airport security.
You see, Belle is a darter. At 22 pounds, she runs at spee…
