This is exactly as Layla was before she went down completely. I have done TONS of research in the past three weeks, and I'd urge you to put your baby on 100% strict crate rest, and maybe get another opinion from another vet. It sounds to me exactly like a slipped disc. They usually will not show up on x-ray and will only show up on an MRI or Myelogram. With an X-ray you may be able to see a SLIGHT compression between two vertebrae but nothing else would look abnormal and it would probably take a specialist to notice anything.
Your dog might be feeling better for now, but if it is a slipped disc and he continues to walk and move his back, he could force it to rupture and hurt himself more. It could become irrepairable.
If he is okay now, a vet will probably give him a steroid or non steroidal anti-inflammatory. He would need to be on strict crate rest for at least 8 weeks, meaning no walking, no anything... you would even have to carry him out to pee. But not letting him move his back is key to recovery without surgery.
Please get another opinion. I hope that your baby doesn't go down like mine. Layla can not walk and has no feeling past her front legs. It came on suddenly, and I didn't get her into a specialist soon enough after seeing symptoms that you are describing with your dog. If I could only go back I would change it all.
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