Google doesn't make you a vet Natalie. It can happen at age any due to the genetic condition.
Dog Orthopedic: The Spine Center at VOSM
Which is why you immediately asked me who her parents were, because you've had this problem before. She also had a malformed spine where her vertebrae were too close together. She had steroids for that problem but when her condition worsened they diagnosed the AAI. She had more than one problem with her formation of spine and neck due to your bad breeding. X-rays don't lie. You do. She had just turned 5 and was babied all those years but it couldn't heal her bad breeding genetics.
STOP harassing me Natalie.
*****I hope anyone who ever considered getting a puppy from her will really read this thread through, please feel free to PM me with any further questions regarding Natalie or her harassing e-mails or details. Read not only what I have written but what others have also and what else is online about her. Does anyone think that many people are lying? For what purpose? One person is making money off selling sick puppies, other people are paying for those sick puppies and dogs to go to the vet. Who is the one not being honest...it's black and white.