so glad you know what is going on for sure now - i am all for conservative mgt and a friend of ours is the head radiologist for a vet surgeon in los angeles and really knows her stuff she told me it is really hard to see ligaments and tendons in a big dog let alone on a small dog on an mri and they are very expensive - i wanted to do one when dd hurt her leg but she said it would be very hard to see anything and i may be wasting my money

but that was a year ago and maybe the equipment is better now just wanted to pass that on.
what did he say about pain meds though as nervous her being on nsaids for a long time