[Dori]

Hi Akari. Sorry to hear about your little guy. I’ve had toy dogs before with luxating patellas that were grade one and never progressed any further. Hannah, my 15 year old maltese was diagnosed grade one when she was about two years old, maybe a little younger. It is still a level one so I don’t think you really need to worry too much about that. Katie, my maltipoo with all the issues, had a laxating patella at the age of about 1 1/2 years old grade four. She had to have surgery, then the water treadmill for physical therapy. I swear that knee is stronger than her others and her others are normal. My dogs are tiny if you remember and basically our house belongs to them, so with that said, I have carpeted dog steps that go up to our bed, and carpeted dog steps that go up to the sofa in the den and one for the media room. The one thing that you know about tiny dogs is that they love to run and jump up and down off the furniture and the bed. That’s a great big no no. Took a little bit of time to train them that going up and down the stairs to bed and sofa was ever much better for them. Initially they tried to go around the steps to jump up and down. It’s been years now and they ALWAYS use the stairs. When I’m out, I restrict Lola and Katie to their crates in the kitchen and Hannah is loose in the kitchen. I don’t ever let them have the run of the house when I’m not home.

As Melissa stated, and I agree, I would be more concerned with the bulging disc. Any ideas or guesses from you or the tech as to how this could have so suddenly happened? As to the Previcox, I’ve never heard of it. What’s it for? Did he suggest any specialist, chiropractor, etc. to help about the bulging disc? So strange for this to happen so suddenly. Usually you pretty much know when they’ve landed to hard or took a corner at a weird angle running through the house. Hmmmmm?

I just went on line and googled Previcox and it’s a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and pain med. Did they tell you about any side effects to look for while on the meds? If not, just google it so you’ll be aware what to look for. Supposedly it acts pretty quickly. It’s a prescription medication only.

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