The patella, or knee cap, should be located in the centre of the knee joint. The term "luxating" means out of place or dislocated. Therefore, a luxating patella is a knee cap that moves out of its normal location (thats from a web site) bummer o wot. its both her back legs and surgury is aprox 200 quid a leg got her at vets 2moro to find out if it will need an opp or if it will right itself in time but 8 out of 10 need the opp so iv been saving on the off chance xena needs it. apparently its sumfing to do with the muscle and i got told its caused by over exersizing ur dog while there still young and they havent fully developed properly that there bones r still soft and like an eraser u kind of wear the bone down and in doing so the knee cap is able to pop out. dont no how true that is i reard that off a web site

hi and thank you she has just turned 15 months and i just had her at vets for a check up and found out she has luxating pattella (i fink thats how u spell it lol) how old is ur dog ?