Corgi Getting Better?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:51 pm
Hi everyone!
I am new here but have been lurking for a bit. My corgi, Rosa Barks, had a sudden disc slip 3 weeks ago on Monday (it was 3 weeks this past Monday).
Our vet told us we could either do surgery for $7,000-$10,000 (we live in NYC) or try crate resting her and using steroids in the hope her disc would heal on its own.
She is now able to bring both of her legs up to pee when we hold her on the pee pad, can poop on her own (we were ice cubing for a bit), and sometimes looks like she is lifting herself up onto her hind legs. She shifts in her crate and her back legs move sometimes. She is in great spirits and continues to be incredibly food motivated LOL
I guess I am just looking for some assurance that these are good signs? We are planning to get her physical therapy when her round of steroids is out, as I’ve read it’s better to wait until crate rest has been going on for awhile. Does anyone have any experience with IVDD in corgis?
Thanks so much for all your thoughts! Would love any encouragement or things that you think we should be doing (if you could be nice that would be lovely because I feel a lot of stress/sadness that this happened).
Thanks for reading this novel! I’m excited to be part of this forum.
I am new here but have been lurking for a bit. My corgi, Rosa Barks, had a sudden disc slip 3 weeks ago on Monday (it was 3 weeks this past Monday).
Our vet told us we could either do surgery for $7,000-$10,000 (we live in NYC) or try crate resting her and using steroids in the hope her disc would heal on its own.
She is now able to bring both of her legs up to pee when we hold her on the pee pad, can poop on her own (we were ice cubing for a bit), and sometimes looks like she is lifting herself up onto her hind legs. She shifts in her crate and her back legs move sometimes. She is in great spirits and continues to be incredibly food motivated LOL
I guess I am just looking for some assurance that these are good signs? We are planning to get her physical therapy when her round of steroids is out, as I’ve read it’s better to wait until crate rest has been going on for awhile. Does anyone have any experience with IVDD in corgis?
Thanks so much for all your thoughts! Would love any encouragement or things that you think we should be doing (if you could be nice that would be lovely because I feel a lot of stress/sadness that this happened).
Thanks for reading this novel! I’m excited to be part of this forum.