By X-ray

Hopefully she will continue to improve! Good luck and welcome to YT. I am sure you will get lots of feedback. :)

I would recommend consulting this person as she is suppose to be excellent- Jessica Waldman

California Animal Rehabilitation - About Us

she may be able to give you some insight as she sees both sides I am sure. I have had a friend whose dog had LP surgery go to rehab there

some disc dogs on her site

Welcome to CalAnimalRehab.com - Serving Pets in the Los Angeles Area

shiva the maltese is my friends dog who went there and she raves about Jessica waldman

Welcome to CalAnimalRehab.com - Serving Pets in the Los Angeles Area

I am sure you can get a phone consult with her to get her take on both options

Not really radical. I understand peoples fears of the unknown, I just prefer to start out with something less invasive. My 1st experience with Chiro for a dog , the dog was totaly paralyzed and 16 yrs old so with her liver & kidney values surgery was not an option for her. After that my thinking when surgery was recommended was if they need surgery anyway then if the Chiro doesn't work then we will do surgery as a last resort. So far I have never had to go for the surgery all have had complete recovery with Chiro in less then 2 weeks. FYI Herniated & Bulging are same thing, Ruptured is just that.

correcting to say paralyzed from mid back to back legs & tail.

Maggie Update - into our 4th week now
 

Hi,

To everyone who was so kind and pointed me to all kinds of wonderful information, I can't thank you enough.

So this is what I have been up to for my little girl. I took Maggie to a Chiropractor/Acupunture Vet who after looking at her x-rays and then doing an exam of Maggie. Could tell that her injury was very old (I think she may have had this problem prior to coming to me from what she said) but felt that her back disc was doing really well as she was not tender to the touch at all.

The left side of her neck disc was still tender to the touch. So at this time she did not feel Maggie was a up to Chiropractic care but that she would bennifit from acupunture and muscle relaxers added to the rimadyl she is still on. She also asked if I had Maggie on heartworm as she did NOT want me giving her those while I was giving her the rimadyl.

So we followed her advice we did acupunture which seem to be painless for Maggie. But I was amazed at how much better she was that night. Acting like her old self, I actually had to pick her up and hold her so she would not run around. I can't even remember the last time she wanted to run around. We started her on the muscle relaxers that night and every day seems to see her getting better and better.

We did have a problem in week two with lack of bowel movements but greenbeans seem to have helped to put her back on her normal schedule.

Tomorrow I take Maggie back for another acupunture session. Maggie has really improved so much after just one session that she is back to her nightly pain in the but, I just love it!!!

Thank you all for your advice links and interest!

Rhonda

May I ask how long this person advised you to stop heartworm preventatives? That sounds dangerous to me. If I were you, I would discuss this with your vet.
Dogs can get heartworms from ONE mosquito bite and it is summer up there by you. The treatment for heartworms is painful and also can kill them. Just a little FYI for you.
I have never heard of stopping Heartworm preventatives when a dog is on Rimadyl. I guess anything is possible, but I would NOT be knowingly leaving my pup open to contracting heartworms.
Good luck to you!

I believe she says in her post that she went to a Chiropractor/Accupuncurist Vet. So apparently it was her vet that told her to not give both at the same time.

The way it reads to me, it was the chiropractor/acupuncture vet who advised it.

The Chiro/ accupuncturist is a Vet, not just an animal Chiropractor. She is a Vet who also does Chiro and accupuncture.

I understand she is a vet. That is not the point...

The OP needs to speak with someone who understands heartworms and how to prevent them.

She is using other methods for preventative at this time per the Vet.
Vet doesn't want so much toxins in her system as the dog is up there in years and at this time is still confined to the house. She will resume heartworm preventative in 1 to 2 weeks when she is off the other meds.

First of all, 9 years is not what I consider "up in age". I realize there is a time frame that you can do without, but this is just not practice that I have EVER heard of.

I have had MANY pups in my care with varying ages and conditions. Many have been on multiple medications and I have NEVER been told to take them off of heartworm preventatives.

Sorry, but I don't see that as acceptable practice at all. I realize that some homeopathic people don't agree, but I have had many foster pups who contracted heartworms because of the failure of others to protect them from them. The treatment is very hard on them...and they can die.

Just unbelievable to me that this was suggested.

To the OP: I strongly suggest that you get another opinion about stopping heartworm medications. They are not contraindicated with Rimadyl.

Also, you might want to look at this website:

American Heartworm Society | Canine Heartworm

I suggest that you read that information and speak with your vet about this!

Great Success for us...Osteopathy
 

I didn't read each post, but I thought I'd tell you...
We had great success with Osteopathy, and Somatherapy, see if you can find one in your area, and then see if they can refer you to one that treats animals. It is more like massage or physio, than Chiro...
Good luck