My friend is asking me to ask you all: I have an 8 year old female boxer dog that has started to get athritis in her hip. She has a hard time getting up in the morning, or just getting up from being inactive for a while in general. Once she gets up and gets going though, she seems to be doing just fine...

HI-- I have a 15 year old dog that has dislocated his hip twice in the past 18 months. The vet can no longer reinsert the hip and is recommended Femural head and neck surgery. Is my dog too old for this? What is recovery like? The other options he gave me were amputation and euthanization. I do not want...