We had to put Sadie to sleep on Tuesday morning. Her condition slowly progressed. She was not able to walk at all and you could tell she was in pain. You could see her muscles twitching from her neck to the top of her head. She was on steroids, Tramadol, and a muscle relaxer. This has been so hard f...

Thank you for the replies. Yes, I think I've realized that 3 days is too short of a time frame to make such a major decision. We are going out of town this weekend so she will be staying at the vet clinic. I feel a little guilty about that but it is probably the best for her. She will have limited a...

Hello, I have a 12 ½ year old pug who ruptured a cervical disc in 2006 (she fell out of bed). She was treated with steroids short term and then NSAIDs long term. The only symptom she ever showed was neck pain which was controlled by her medications. Suddenly however last night she could no longer wa...

Hello, I have a 12 1/2 year old Pug who ruptured a cervical disc in 2006. The only symptom she had was neck pain (she could walk fine). She was treated with steroids short term which worked great. Since then she has been treated with a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (one tab per day) and has been d...