Here is a video of Mickey in his scooter:
https://youtu.be/-gJofW-2dVw

Thank you for the suggestions Carol. We'll definitely take a look at your food recommendation. My wife and I decided to pause the acupuncture sessions as he's been to 6 sessions already. Our neurologist suggested we do "routine" acupuncture sessions, but I'm not sure how helpful a once-a-m...

We have put him strictly on a rice and boiled chicken diet for now. He seems to be a little better this morning, so hoping we got through the worst of it. Mickey has been on hydrotherapy from home the last week via our Neurologist's recommendation, and he is seeming to enjoy chasing around a treat i...

Hi all - It's been a while since I've last posted here, so I wanted to provide an update. Mickey is unfortunately still fully immobile on his hind legs. He has undergone 5 acupuncture and ozone therapy sessions, which has seemed to have improved his overall reflexes dramatically. Currently, any sort...

Thank you for your response. We will begin crate resting him again. While we were at the acupuncturist we saw his tail actually wag back and forth strongly 4 times, which was amazing to see. Hopefully this is a precursor showing the treatment is working. She wants us to put him on a diet of chicken ...

Thank you for the detailed responses. We’re currently at the acupuncturist’s office and she recommended we crate rest Mickey for a few more weeks, as well as avoid hydrotherapy during this time. She said hydrotherapy right now would do more harm than good as the affected area on his back needs more ...

Thank you all for the replies and glimpse of hope. We took Mickey to the neurologist yesterday and she did not identify any deep pain in Mickey, but still said it was very early on. She suggested we start water therapy with him, as well as gave us a couple of other tactics to start his physical ther...

My wife and I were on a cruise last week, and while we were away we received the sad news that our 3-year old Maltese Shih Tzu (Mickey) became paralyzed from the waist down. We took him to a neurologist last Saturday and the MRI revealed he is not a candidate for surgery. Apparently, our pup's disc ...