I've had many bad back injuries and thankfully found a different way to handle it. Just couldn't drug my dog to help my pain level. I just lie on the couch or bed and hand-play with them there, scratch their backs, tummy, and talk to them but never drugs. If you do it once, what happens the next time you are in bad pain? I'd teach my dog to learn how to control its impulses and calm itself, be quiet, so it's not expecting constant ball-throwing every evening and then you won't need to drug it when you aren't able to play. Lots of evenings we aren't up to playing a lot with them for various reasons and the dog needs to be able to cope with that.
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