I'm so happy for you and your Shady that all went well
my berner who just turned 1 had slightly injured her back right leg and it is the same thing, torn acl. She's only limped once in the past 3 months and that was from being overly excited as usual and hitting that knee on the one step we have on our deck outside. She first injured her leg back in January and I'm sure it was from all the jumping and skidding on the ice that she loves to do
I don't know what we are going to do yet with the surgery since she seems fine for now and I'm hoping the other leg stays being healthy. I'm sure there will be surgery down the road within the next 6 months or sooner.
Please keep posting on your pups progress!